1953 D/d

Ok, Lets try another.
This was found in a lot of 20 rolls purchased from a local dealer.

Under my tiny 20x magnifier I spy no break in the vertical line on the "D" to the west. So am I correct to say this is an early die stage of Coneca rpm #002 or did I miss it and instead this is Coneca rpm #001 or FS 021.73

 

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Great find!

Michael

 

It appears to be RPM-002. Nice find.

 

I did my search on this at the coppercoins web site. I really have no more info than this. I really need to go book shopping ( but that leaves less $$$ for coins ).

 

The coin is a little worn but I can find none of the markers of the #001 rpm. So it's #002 then

Thanks all
Chuck

 

Don't need makers for this one - look at the location of the Mint Mark in relation to the 5 in the date.

 

Wow, nice find! It also goes to show, you can find neat things like this anywhere. You just need to know how to look.

Phoenix

 

Thanks justafarmer
It's funny how one can miss the big picture when looking too hard.

 

When attributing RPMs remember - S-L-O-M - (spread - location -orientation- markers).

Spread - is the secondary mint mark (north, south, east, west...etc.) of primary mint mark?
Location - where is the primary mint mark located in relation to other devices on the coin?
Orientation - is the primary mint mark straight up 12:00 or rotated clockwise or counterclock wise?

Once you have made the above observations you can attribute 90% of the RPMs. You only need to resort to markers about 10% of the time.

In some years there are design features that will aid in attribution such as - 1960 Lincoln Cents (Small date, Large date), 1944-S, 1945-S, 1946-S, 1947-S Lincoln Cents (Mint Mark Style), 1982 Lincoln (Copper, Zinc), 1945 Mercury (micro s), 1878 Morgan (Tail Feathers) and etc.

The above is the standard process - mine is slightly different L-O-S-M (Location, Orientation, Spread, Makers). I take a picture of the RPM and import it into TurboCad then determine location and orientation first. This is all that is needed about 98% of the time. About 2 times out of 100 - I resort to spread - which helps about half the time.

Unless of course - its an RPM such as originally posted in this thread. It may not be classified as a Cherrypicker - but it certainly is one that is classified as easy-pickens (IMHO).

 

Not really. In the long run the proper books save you more than they cost, by helping you avoid overpaying, or finding true bargains.