1948-D Washington Quarter RPM?

[Tom O.]

Hi. I am new here. My name is Tom. I did put up an introduction and look forward to interacting with other numismatic enthusiasts.

I came here as a recommendation to try to figure out exactly what I may have. I've found several silver Washington quarters that to me show signs of a repunched mint mark but I have not been able to identify them from the resources available so I wanted to see if I am missing something (not RPM) or maybe something yet to be found.

This 1948-D quarter in the image looks to me like a second D to the East of the main mint mark and at a slightly different angle. I could not find one like it on resources I could find online. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

Tom

[MintErrors]

This one looks kind of interesting.
But, I believe it's strike related and not an RPM.
When you look at the tip of the left branch, it has the same type of issue onit as well.

l will ask eaxtellcoin (Eric) to look at this.
I can zoom in and see most of the details but, the image gets a little pixelated and washed out.
It does look like one is clockwise from the other.
That's the confusing part.

Are there any other areas on the reverse of the quarter that look like the tip of that left branch ?

Happy hunting and Happy Holidays.

[Tom O.]

Ok. Here is another pic of the coin showing the left side. I can take more if needed. This has limited resolution so I'll try to get the best picture I can. Rather new to me. It's still in the flip I acquired it in. Not sure I see what you saw in the first picture to search elsewhere on the coin.

[MintErrors]

Ok. Here is another pic of the coin showing the left side. I can take more if needed. This has limited resolution so I'll try to get the best picture I can. Rather new to me. It's still in the flip I acquired it in. Not sure I see what you saw in the first picture to search elsewhere on the coin.

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That second photo on a PC anyways is too bright. It takes a bit to get decent photos. In my opinion lighting is THE number one pain to master even for me, after 45 years in this field. my humble suggestion is to lower the lighting down, about 33 to 50%. Most of the seasoned collectors can utilize a lower light to better view the photos with less glare.

Photos in flips can be tough to take, as the lighting will reflect and can cause glare. Additionally, if the camera has an auto-focus feature, it can focus on the plastic and not not the coin. That can lead to it being slightly out of focus. The flip can also reflect a false image as well.

The first photo is edited below. The black arrows show the area I am talking about.


With the current lighting, I cannot determine if the letters QUARTER DOLLAR are affected at the top of the letters as well.
That area has red arrows.

Quarter-branch.jpg

[eaxtellcoin]

Tom,
Can you point the light towards the serifs of the mintmark? I would like to see if it has split serifs. the photo also may help if closer but I see above your doing everything you can to zoom the mintmark in. I zoomed for you and this is the area's I would like to see in Green.
Thank You
Eric 1948-D-Coneca.jpg

[MintErrors]

eaxtellcoin what caught my eye was the R in QUARTER. I just don't see enough of the letters to know what is going on there. That left olive branch point looks awful wide as well.

[Tom O.]

Ok.

I'm new with this camera and I'm finding it not the quality I was hoping for. I tried a few different things with it and hopefully one or more of these will help. The resolution of the first images was as high as I could get it so I can't get any closer images of the mint mark.

Also I'm pretty sure that the camera distorts the image up close. It's a worn die because I don't see any doubling of the serifs on the coin at all in my examination of it. I also took a fuller picture of the bottom half of the coin in lower resolution.

Thanks again everyone for taking a look.

Tom

[eaxtellcoin]

Hello Tom O, Morning - Happy Holidays!
I did the best I could at editing your photographs - after a bit of time with the camera your using try to find the photo you want and ""Turn"" the camera to get a more natural photo of the normal photo - I.E not turned in every direction. These are what I picked up from the photo's. What Gary questioned: ""Minterrors"" looks like different pressure MD or machine damage doubling. 1948-D-Quarter_Coneca.jpg

Then from a different photo I asked for before, the serifs: 1948-D-Quarter_Coneca(2).jpg

I think you do have a minor RPM, but in my past, if the mintmark also has MD from the first photo; an attributer would ask if you found one ""Without"" the MD.
An attributer really doesn't want to add photo's with MD because folks mistake the MD for an RPM so an arrow like the purple ones I added are needed to not ""Confuse"" the situation on the planchet/coin. The MD leads to confusion of where the RPM actually ""is""
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year!
Eric