This is a 1969-S Cent with MDD as common, but this mintmark seems to have a little more going for it. What do you think? any RPM and if so which one Jim
Jim, I do see the little "extra" you are referring to, but without any clear notching in the mintmark I am not confident it is an RPM. I don't see any on coppercoins that resemble yours.
If I was confident, I would have said it. But the portion over the bottom serif is rounded rather than flat. I labeled this with a ? years ago, and going through a box, it popped out .
Mintmark looks a little farther south on RPM-002 than on the coin here, though with the MD present, it might be throwing things off.
The MD is definitely throwing things off. We would need to see multiple angles to really identify this.
Wasn't this in a recent edition of the Error Scope ? My bad the one in the Error Scope was a '69-S Doubled Die .
There was an article in the last Errorscope that discussed the differences between a true 69s ddo and md. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Ok, here are some side views. First time I have photoed the edges of a mintmark Somewhat difficult to get focus with such small depth of field.
I'd have to stick with MD on this one. What I thought might be a split on the lower serif now just looks like MD...
Yes, I agree with you now that I took the photos Jaceravone suggested. I have seen machine doubling in opposite directions before, but not as vivid as this one. Thanks to all.
Isn't flat field doubling a form of MD, though most commonly found on proofs as they are struck more than once or something?
Could what you are seeing over the bottom serif be remnants from a plugged punch with some MDD on top of it? Larry Nienaber
Yes.... that is why I said "almost"... it has a similar appearance to flat field doubling... but using form analogy does not quite cut it on this coin, knowing (or assuming) that it only had a single strike. Definitely a bit of a head scratcher here...
