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<p>[QUOTE="quarter-back, post: 1934526, member: 47022"]I was going through my quarters in preparation for a re-organization, and noticed that the coin that I had marked as a 1952 D/D RPM-001 actually looks more like a D/S OMM. I did some overlays and the "S" matches up well with the Trumpet-tail "S" mintmark. Note that the old style Trumpet-tail was used on a minority of the 1952 mintage (at least in my experience). The putative "S" does not match up well with the new "S" introduced in 1952. Here are some pictures:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]334334[/ATTACH] </p><p>Note the bulge at the right end of the under mintmark. It matches well with the expansion into the serif on the Trumpet-tail "S". So I traced the ridge of the Trumpet-tail... </p><p>[ATTACH]334339[/ATTACH] </p><p>and overlaid it on the RPM.</p><p>[ATTACH]334340[/ATTACH] </p><p>The overlay matches up pretty well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="quarter-back, post: 1934526, member: 47022"]I was going through my quarters in preparation for a re-organization, and noticed that the coin that I had marked as a 1952 D/D RPM-001 actually looks more like a D/S OMM. I did some overlays and the "S" matches up well with the Trumpet-tail "S" mintmark. Note that the old style Trumpet-tail was used on a minority of the 1952 mintage (at least in my experience). The putative "S" does not match up well with the new "S" introduced in 1952. Here are some pictures: [ATTACH]334334[/ATTACH] Note the bulge at the right end of the under mintmark. It matches well with the expansion into the serif on the Trumpet-tail "S". So I traced the ridge of the Trumpet-tail... [ATTACH]334339[/ATTACH] and overlaid it on the RPM. [ATTACH]334340[/ATTACH] The overlay matches up pretty well. Any thoughts?[/QUOTE]
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