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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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1971 Doubled-Die Obverse Lincoln Cent

Posted December 28, 2011 by Bill Bonina

This coin was found in a large batch of pocket change I had the pleasure of searching through from a resident of California. It has moderate doubling of the motto. Listed as DDO #4 on CONECA’S error website and 1971P-1DO-003 on Coppercoins, it is considered a fairly scarce coin worth about $5 in the condition […]

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Doubled Die

1939 Jefferson Nickel – Quadruple-Die Reverse

Posted April 8, 2020 by Bill Bonina

This is a very nice example of a 1939 Jefferson nickel featuring a quadruple-die reverse. It is listed as FS# 802 (old 022.5) in The Cherrypicker’s Guide and DDR-002 in the CONECA files. This coin was found in a solid-date roll purchased on eBay and grades Extremely Fine. It carries a value between $50-$60 in […]

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Repunched Mintmarks

1914-D Barber Dime Repunched Mintmark RPM-005

Posted November 4, 2015 by Bill Bonina

This is a very nice example of a 1914-D Barber dime with the mintmark repunched counter-clockwise to the southwest. It is listed as RPM-005 and grades Fine but unfortunately has a few scratches on the reverse. This coin was purchased on eBay and in this condition would value approximately $8.00.  

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What is a repunched mintmark (RPM)?

Posted September 10, 2015 by Bill Bonina

Coin collecting always seems to be evolving. With the wealth of information available on the Internet and advances in digital photography, collecting varieties has grown in popularity. One of the areas that has greatly benefited from this has been repunched mint marks or RPMs. Collectors have always known them but now that there are websites […]

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