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1946-S Inverted Mint Mark Cent

Posted April 5, 2018 by Bill Bonina

This is a 1946-S Lincoln cent featuring a mint mark that was inadvertently punched in backwards, or inverted. It is presently the only known inverted mint mark in the Lincoln cent series. It is listed as WIMM-001 in the Wexler files and IMM-001 in the CONECA files. This coin grades in Fine condition and was […]

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1945-D Lincoln Cent Repunched Mintmark

Posted September 14, 2018 by Bill Bonina

This is a 1945-D Lincoln Cent featuring a mintmark that was repunched to the north. It is listed in the CONECA files as RPM-001, Wexler has it as WRPM-001 and Coppercoins lists it asĀ 1945D-1MM-001. Found in a lot of wheat cents purchased on eBay, it grades in Fine condition with a small hit to the […]

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1949-D Jefferson Nickel Repunched Mintmark RPM #3

Posted August 16, 2015 by Bill Bonina

This nickel shows a very nice repunched mintmark with the secondary mintmark rotated clockwise. It is listed as RPM-003 in the CONECA files. This coin was found in a roll purchased on eBay and grades in Very Fine condition. Approximate value is $1.50 in this grade.

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1940-S Lincoln Cent Retained Cud – CoinStar Find

Posted October 16, 2018 by Bill Bonina

This 1940-S Lincoln cent shows a very nice retained cud on the reverse. This happens when a portion of the die breaks off during striking, resulting in the metal flowing into the space where the broken die portion was. These are not too often found in the wild and in this case it was found […]

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1956-D Lincoln Cent Repunched Mintmark RPM #1

Posted December 5, 2011 by Bill Bonina

A very nice VF coin found in a roll of circulated 1956-D cents purchased on eBay. One of the better RPMs in the series being URS-10 with only 251-500 coins presently estimated to be known. Also a Cherrypickers variety (FS#1c-022.1). Estimated value is $6.

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