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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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Cents

1955 Doubled-Die Lincoln Cent DDO-2

Posted December 31, 2017 by Bill Bonina

This is a 1955 Lincoln cent from the Philadelphia mint featuring a fairly strong doubled-die obverse. It is listed as 2-O-II+V in the CONECA files, WDDO-002 in Wexler’s files and is listed as FS#1c-021.9 in the Cherrypicker’s Guide. This coin is actually much harder to find than its more famous brother but as it is […]

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Repunched Mintmarks

1968-D Lincoln Cent RPM – 002

Posted October 28, 2015 by Bill Bonina

This 1968-D Lincoln cent is listed as RPM-002 in the CONECA files, WRPM-002 in the Wexler files and 1968-D-1MM-002 in the Coppercoins files. It is in brilliant red uncirculated condition and shows the repunched mintmark east of the primary mintmark as a raised line in the center. It was found in a solid-date roll purchased […]

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Recent Finds

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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1943-P Jefferson Wartime Nickel Repunched Mintmark

Posted April 12, 2018 by Bill Bonina

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 […]

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