1947 S RPM-004?

This penny is graded "G" for garbage BUT, I noticed the mint mark. I am assuming just a lucky or weird hit but when I look at the photos of RPM-004 in VV, it looks kind of like it. Im not real good with judging placement but it appears in the right spot? There isnt any markers to help me eliminate it so I figured Id post for quick opinions.

Sorry for the bad "full shots" cant use my phone where Im at right now. Thats is good as it gets with the scope lol. Im not sure full shots make a difference in this particular case.

thoughts????

 

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quick acetone bath. cleaned some of the crud off

 

Based on these examples:
http://varietyvista.com/02a LC RPMs Vol 1/1947SRPM004.htm
Yours doesn't match.

 

Use the point of the four near the nine and draw a straight line down through the top of the $ mintmark. That line would bisect the S mintmark right of center. Then using the tail of the nine, draw another line through the side of the mintmark. That line would bisect the S mintmark almost center of the upper curve.

Now go back and look at the pictures of the mintmark placement from the link @furryfrog02 posted. You will see your mintmark is much higher and a little more right than the known RPM.

 

too many "4" in my life today. I meant 006.

http://varietyvista.com/02a LC RPMs Vol 1/1947SRPM006.htm

Not 4. Im sorry. Its hard for me to tell between photos even using that method. I sincerely appreciate the input for sure! I shall put it back into her spot in the book! Its the little notch or whatever off the bottom of the s that had me looking. Must have just took a hit like the rest of the coin!!

thanks for helping with this one guys!

 

I don't think it is 006 either. If you look at the VV coin, you can see definitive split serifs at the top tail and bottom tail of the S. Even though your coin has wear and damage (to the mint mark), you should be able to make out the bottom split. But I don't see it. Also, while the positioning is close, it's not exact (I did not do an overlay). Finally, with your coin in hand, you should be able to make out some of the more significant die scratches above and about the date. I can't see that in your specimen's photos. Perhaps another here can comment to that extent. Good luck on the hunt.

 

Not 006 either.

 

Its dead!!! Was a long shot. thanks gain guys. I havent put in much to be looked at lately in the error section so I figured it wouldnt hurt. I always learn something with these anyway.

 

Maybe the next one. Keep grinding!!

 

NICE! you should publish a book with this.....I would pay money for it. Takes ALL questions out of it to help with elimination.

 

Am I not understanding that mint marks are hand punched up to 1995 and can be in a random location?

 

Mint Marks are hand punched on the Dies, not the individual coins.

They originally punch them in a general location on the Die which varies slightly from die to die as it was not automated. When they do Die maintenance and manually repunch the MM, they can slightly move it and create an RPM on the Die.

MM were hand punched up until 1989.

 

Actually - I think 1989 was the last year mint marks were hand punched into cent working dies. Although mint marks were hand punched in somewhat random locations into the working dies that struck coins - every coin struck by a specific die would have a mint mark in the exact same location.

 

Thank you for the clarification, I've heard several different conflicting statements about mint marks and the human factor in the process along with the year it was changed. I never thought that there were people actually marking each individual coin.

 

Good link. That solved everything

 

All that was great but now a 006. Lol

 

1947-S RPM-006 mint mark is located further south and further east than the mint mark on the OP's coin.

 

These "maps" are so great.

 

Thanks
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mapping-coins.333728/