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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pickin and Grinin, post: 26058655, member: 73995&quot;]Goodmorning [USER=169476]@Sailaway480[/USER] </p><p>When looking for varieties there are two main things that you should be looking for. The first is MM placement up until 1989 the MM were hand punched into the working dies, so each placement will be slightly different. Next after identifying the MM placement you will look for die markers that match the known variety. Die markers are die cracks, interior die breaks (small blobs of metal), die gouges, Die polishing etc.</p><p>Your example is very close to RPM-021. The MM placement is nearly identical. The die crack in the forehead is a match, the die chip on the T of cents reverse is their and yours also show a small IDB on the left wheat stalk. I really can&#039;t tell if there are other markers on your coin that would match RPM-021 or not.</p><p>This leads me to think that your coin is an earlier die stage than the one on VV. Although it is a minor, meaning that it is not well known or wanted. Most Variety collectors are after the Major varieties, this one I believe is still a RPM. Good luck in your searches and welcome to CT.</p><p>Below is RPM-021 if you would like to try and match it.</p><p><a href="http://varietyvista.com/02a%20LC%20RPMs%20Vol%201/1953DRPM021.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://varietyvista.com/02a%20LC%20RPMs%20Vol%201/1953DRPM021.htm" rel="nofollow">http://varietyvista.com/02a LC RPMs Vol 1/1953DRPM021.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also bookmark the home page, this is a great reference for variety collectors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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