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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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1952-D Lincoln Cent Repunched Mintmark RPM #6

Posted March 14, 2012 by Bill Bonina

This coin was found while searching through a solid-date roll purchased on eBay. Showing split serifs as a result of the second mintmark being punched too far to the west it is listed as CONECA RPM-006, WRPM-006 in John Wexler’s listings and 1952D-1MM-006 on the Coppercoins website. In this condition the coin is worth approximately […]

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1941-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar Repunched Mintmark RPM #1

Posted January 18, 2012 by Bill Bonina

This coin was found while looking through an old family collection belonging to a friend. The coin is listed as RPM-001 in the CONECA files and Bruce Fox lists it as V-102 (although later judged to be incorrectly listed as an S-over-horizontal-S) in his guide “The Complete Guide To Walking Liberty Half Dollars”. It is […]

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1945-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar Repunched Mintmark RPM #2

Posted January 26, 2012 by Bill Bonina

This coin was found while going through a large family collection for a friend. The mintmark has been repunched to the northeast and is listed as RPM-002 in the CONECA files. Kevin Flynn has it listed as RPM-001 in his book “Treasure Hunting Walking Liberty Half Dollars”. The coin grades Fine and has an approximate […]

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1954-S Over D Jefferson Nickel

Posted January 5, 2018 by Bill Bonina

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 […]

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