This was found when I broke a roll of 1960 D Lincoln cent,I think It's a die scratch but I'm not sure so I'll post the photo and see what you thinkregards Harry
Hi Nugget, First... Congratulations! What a find. I am rather certain it is an RPM. Have you ever gone to the website coppercoins.com ? I just scrolled through the 1960 D cents on the site and am noting three possiblities. One is 1960D-1MM-027, then 1960D-1MM-048 and lastly, 1960D-1MM-161. These are all on the large date variety of the 1960 D coins. The large date is most noticeable as having the 9 being taller than the 1. The small date is the 1 and 9 being the same height. Go to the site and scroll through the coins pictured. Then you will need to check the little spot under the description that is in blue print... EDS, MDS, LDS. That is Early, Mid, and Late Die States. If you can match the markers they show then you will be able to classify your coin. These things are real tricky at times... sometimes what I think I have found turns out to be different when a professional does the attribution. jeankay
Thanks for the tip Jeankay but I can't seem to access the page relating to this coin on that web site,regards Harry
Okay, I am not sure what might have happened. So you got to the website? Is there a section on the left border with the light brown background that has the date, Fri August 22, 2008? If so, click on the 'die variety search' letters in blue/green. It should take you to another page that has you check boxes for the variety search you wish to do. In this case, type in 1960 in the first box, next box chose Denver, then Mint Mark Variety. (no need to select the boxes about the direction or strength for this search). Now go to the bottom of the page and click on 'submit search' and it should take you to the first page of the 1960D pictures and descriptions. If you can get there you might want to check out the different varieties to get an idea of what you need to look for on your coin. I hope this helps... otherwise it is going to take a better computer user person to get the results you need... my computer doesn't like me any better than my browser... jk
Thanks Jeankay I've done that but still come up with an error page,it could be this old computer so thanks again from down under,regards Harry
Thanks Rockdude I'll try it oh and I just found what looks like a 1982 S over P Lincoln cent but I'll post it to see if I'm right,regards Harry
Just posted the S over P its a 1982 S proof,but I still don't know if It's a S over P or D,regards Harry
Harry I didn't check your location (Down under in Sydney). I don't think the us mint used the P on the coins, they just left them blank for that mint. So maybe it's a S over D. Offend me no way unless I didn't take my prosac. So how can I see this coin?
There is good news and bad news with this 60D. It is an RPM, D/D East, the bad news is there are 113 CONECA listings for the 60D RPM: http://www.conecaonline.org/variety_listings.html I see there are a lot of markers in the listings...all you need to do is check out all of the LD, D/D East markers and see if you can find a match with your RPM. Larry Nienaber
I may be wrong but I believe that it is an EDS specimen of RPM-037! However, due to the many RPM Varieties for the Date and Mint (I believe that there are actually now over 160 known Varieties with none of the known references listing every singe one), matching Die Markers are a must. If it is not RPM-037, then the other possibilities that I would lean towards are EDS specimens of either RPM-036 or RPM-048. Frank
Thanks Frank and thank you all for your effort,you have narrowed it down to EDS - RPM which was more than I could do,this came out of my first roll I searched and that strange mint mark for the 1982 S 5 coins later,so again thank you one and all,regards Harry
