New Member and some 1963-D jeff nickel rpms

[drdavec]

Hello. I'm new here and plan on becoming a member soon. I've posted to the coincommunity forum for several years and have always enjoyed searching for rpms. Mostly I have been working with Lincoln cents in the past, but I happened to look into an uncirculated roll of 1963-D Jefferson nickels and found 18 of them with an rpm. They are of two types (10 of one and 8 of the other). They don't match either of the two listed on Variety Vista. I've attached pictures of them both (1 and 2). For the first one, there is always a marker above the NW corner of the D (see photo labeled 1D). Wondering what your thoughts are. Thanks.

[eaxtellcoin]

Hello DrDavec, I looked at all of the photo's. I thought maybe to the south on photo #2 but I don't see the same thing on photo #1. I would suggest, in the future, only posting one possibility at a time. Makes it easier to give you an answer. The first and last photo's appear to show a lot of die pull at the rim - so both coins. Means the die is worn. I think what you are seeing is just die fatigue. Not an RPM. Sorry - I'm not the expert, they will chime in as time permits.
Eric

[MintErrors]

The 1B photo looks interesting. The problem is it's too far away for me to do my paper trick.
I was looking at the separated ledge at the bottom.

I suggest taking a piece of paper, just a strip slightly longer than the pic of the coin. I like to use post-it note pads since they will stick to the screen and I can place a tick mark on what I believe is two good reference points on the coin. so in other words, a tick on a northern point and a southern point on the known good "D" and slide those points to see if there is a match on the other potential "D".

In this case of photo 1B, I would try the southern most ledge and what might be the East West dividing line at the top of the coin. so place a tick mark in each point, then move those reference points to see if they will line up with the other potential mint mark.

They don't always use the same punch, but most times they do. It need to be really really close in order for it to be a match

Not always, but if there isn't a listing on Variety Vista, it means more than likely it may not be a variety and as the other person stated, it could be mechanical, damage or otherwise.

John Wexler does have one RPM listed for 1963-D and it is here:
Wexler's Coins and Die Varieties (doubleddie.com)


One last place I would look to see if there are any listings for this is this site:
Brian's Variety Coins - Nickel Doubled Die Listings

I think this guy teamed up with John Wexler. I know he has doubled die listings, but he has limited items in the RPM side of the house if I remember correctly.
But look over his sale of Jefferson Nickel RPM's for that year:

Brian's Variety Coins - 1963D WRPM-001 D/D South Coin#1 ;Nice Choice/Gem; You will receive the coin shown in the photos.

Brian's Variety Coins - 1963D WRPM-001 D/D South Coin#2 ;Nice Choice/Gem; You will receive the coin shown in the photos

[drdavec]

Thank you Gary. I did your paper trick like you suggested and I thought they lined up real well. I checked the markers from Wexler's and they didn't match up. I'm including some new photos (slightly different lighting) of the same coin (number 1) in my original post along with the entire coin.

[jcuve]

As correctly and kindly noted by Eric and Gary, please keep it to one variety per thread. The 1963D in question looks a little more like machined doubling north and die wear south, though I am not positive.