PCGS#...1938 D/D Buffalo

I need some help with this one...was does this slab have a #520090. designation??
instead of #93984 ?

 

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I think the first set of numbers is the submission form numbers, plus grade ( .66 ) ..

 

It say Pcgs# 500090 . I still think it's the invoice number .
https://www.pcgs.com/cert/82102539

 

520090 is the PCGS identification number for the 1938 D/D RPM 2 5c.

@Rick Stachowski the PCGS # has nothing to do with invoice numbers

 

Why does it differ from the PCGS #93984...? listed on the PCGS Coin Facts for the 38 D/D
http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/93984

 

Because it's a different coin.

 

Technically both coins are the same variety. The difference lies in what is designated on the label. PCGS #93984 refers simply to the generic D/D listing. PCGS #520090 refers to the specific D/D RPM-#2 listing.

If you go here, https://www.pcgs.com/prices/priceguidedetail.aspx?ms=1&pr=1&sp=1&c=83&title=buffalo+nickel and scroll down to the 1938 D/D listing and click on the + button, you will see the 520090 listing.

The only real difference between the two coins, is #93984 will be attributed for free by PCGS and #520090 requires you to pay the attribution fee. Paying the attribution fee get's the actual RPM# listed on the coin. In this case it's the RPM-#2. PCGS does not recognize the other D/D varieties.

 

Thanks jt...I searched this link and could only find the 93984. Got it, have to click on the + sign to go to the 520090 listing...and it is shown as a "minor variety" which appears to be worth more. A die variety of the same coin, Note: there is no mintage shown on the 520090 listing.
http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/520090

 

Hey guys I hope you don't mind me asking but there seems to be quite a bit of 1938 D buffalo threads going on lately, so I ask, why are they significant/desireable are they just a good strike?

Nice nickle by the way


Thanks,
Jacob

 

Jacob, there was 7M+ minted...which included the D/D variety (RPM). I really missed a nice one here! Worth about $130-150. Nice avatar by the way.

 

Thanks for clarifying that @jtlee321 I have had this omm-001 for a while. And have always wondered why it had mint error on the label. This one has an E #.

Thanks for the thread @fish4uinmd

 

Technically "Mint Error" should not appear on the label unless it has an actual error. The D/S is a variety as I'm sure you know. Is there possibly a strike through or something minor on the coin that does not grab your eye right away? Do you have an image of the coin?

 

Thanks for the answer, and thanks for the complement I made it myself!

Thanks,
Jacob

 

I thought it referred to the coin being listed as a D/S omm as compared to an RPM. One number standing for the D/S the other being the D/D or D/D/D
Also some only recognise the D/D not the D/D/D even though you can count the underlying Letters.

 

I will look thru my photos, and inspect it again,as I have only been able to attribute it as a OMM.

Some folk see these as Variety's ( includes me) others see them as errors, I think PCGS will attribute them either way, if you give them money!

 

This is an early photo of the slab. And a generic photo of the reverse.

 

I'll bomb this thread tomorrow.

 

Pretty coin @Pickin and Grinin