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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kevin Mader, post: 6439885, member: 106826&quot;]First thing - the pictures are still too blurry, but it does look like there may be a split upper serif on the mintmark.&nbsp; Keep in mind that for most of us, super magnified photos aren&#039;t necessary and generally make photos harder to take in focus.&nbsp; An in focus photo that doesn&#039;t magnify as much is probably a better picture to take and post.</p><p><br /></p><p>So you have a 1962 D with a 1962 style mintmark.&nbsp; It may be an RPM.&nbsp; Better, less blurry/magnified pictures will probably prove the RPM out and help to assign an attribution to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Robert speculated that it might be this: <a href="http://varietyvista.com/01b%20LC%20Doubled%20Dies%20Vol%202/1962DDDO001.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://varietyvista.com/01b%20LC%20Doubled%20Dies%20Vol%202/1962DDDO001.htm" rel="nofollow">1962-D DDO-001 (varietyvista.com)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If you click on the hyperlink, it sends you to a photoset at Variety Vista for that DDO.&nbsp; When you get to the photos of the date and mm, you will see the 1963 style mintmark...different font than your specimen.&nbsp; Because the two are different...your coin can&#039;t be the DDO Robert offered it might be.&nbsp; Have a look and you&#039;ll see what I mean.</p><p><br /></p><p>It appears that <a href="http://varietyvista.com/01b%20LC%20Doubled%20Dies%20Vol%202/1962DDDO001.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://varietyvista.com/01b%20LC%20Doubled%20Dies%20Vol%202/1962DDDO001.htm" rel="nofollow">1962-D DDO-001 (varietyvista.com)</a> is an interesting coin to have since it&#039;s a DDO and it has the rare 1963 style mintmark.&nbsp; Periodically, the mint changes Obverse and Reverse designs, including mintmarks.&nbsp; As I recall, the punches used to set the mintmarks were wearing out...so someone reached for a punch that was designated for 1963.&nbsp; So, in theory, someone used that punch to finish out the 1962 D production.&nbsp; In 1963, both the 1962 and 1963 mintmark styled punches were available.&nbsp; Eventually, only the 1963 mintmark punches were used (it corrected itself eventually).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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