One of my finds I found roll hunting pennies!! looking at the Cherry Pickers Guide, this looks like the Coneca RPM-001 from book. Need confirmation, questions, comments or concerns. Also I am still learning to grade coins. I believe this would be Br EF-40 right? Thank you in advance, Luke
It doesn't look like the 53D RPM-001 to me. http://conecaonline.org/image/1953DRPM001b.JPG Larry Nienaber
there is another one I googled searched and took me to a RPM that looked like mine from PCGS. are there a lot of RPM's on this date?
I agree with Larry, it actually looks more like MD than a RPM. My reasoning is based on the fact I can't see in the photo any right handed side of the underlying "D" which should be inside the loop. The left apparent doubling looks much flatter than the referenced coin and at a slightly different angle. Those 3 things make me feel it is MD.
the picture of 1953 D is the one that looks best like I have. http://koinpro.tripod.com/ErrorVarietyList.htm
And it could be, you have the coin in hand, I just have the photos, and perhaps the lighting makes it look flatter than it is, so I wouldn't be definite about it either way.
The other question I have is what would be the condition of the coin. I am learning yet, not fully confident on grading coins. You can tell in this picture because of the microscope light, but the cheekbones are shown with jawbone, but wear is noticeable,
The mintmark position looks spot on. Check here to see if you can match up die markers.http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1953&die_id=1953d1mm001&die_state=mds As to grade, your pic isn't good enough for us to help you there. Here's one of the best investments you can make to help you in grading, and it's very reasonable. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANA-Grading...449?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf6c62da9
