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 […]

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 as 1945D-1MM-001. Found in a lot of wheat cents purchased on eBay, it grades in Fine condition with a small hit to the […]

This wartime silver composition Jefferson nickel features a triple-punched mintmark. Listed in the CONECA files as RPM-019 and the Wexler files as WRPM-006, it has punches to the south and west of the original. Grading in About Uncirculated-55, this coin was purchased raw on eBay. A coin in this condition without the variety carries a […]

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 […]

This is a 1954-S Jefferson nickel that features the S mintmark punched over a D mintmark. It is one of the key varieties in the Jefferson nickel series and is listed in the Cherrypicker’s Guide as FS 5c-033. This coin is in Fine condition is a Stage B coin and was found in a solid […]