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Cents

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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Recent Finds

1944-S Lincoln Cent Featuring Localized Strike Doubling

Posted January 2, 2018 by Bill Bonina

To show how localized strike doubling can be and to show how it is different from a doubled-die, take a look at this 1944-S Lincoln cent. As can be seen on the 9 and first 4 of the date there is a significant shift on the numbers. This might be mistaken for a doubled-die but […]

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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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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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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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