1955D WASHINGTON QUARTER WRPM-001?

[rbroederer]

I am looking at a nice 1955D Quarter (a surprisingly hard coin to find in MS66 and above). This coin is graded MS65 by NGC (6079161-005). The pictures look similar to those on DD for the WRPM-001. The subject coin has the following Die Markers: Obverse: Very light, weak E/W die scratch connecting the two legs of the R in LIBERTY slightly below center of the legs. Small die gouge (dot) about centered at the far left of the lower opening of the E in LIBERTY. Reverse: Very light E/W die scratch connecting the M and E of AMERICA slightly above center. Light WNW/ESE die scratch through the I and connecting the N in UNITED about one-fourth down from the top. Thoughts or comments?

[MintErrors]

The glare on the photos is too high in my opinion. I use a sheer cloth to knock down the glare. Its so much easier to see the features of the coins, especially on the field. If I choose to download a photograph and enhance it a bit, it is soooo much easier to add light than it is to remove it. Lighting to me, is the number one frustration when attempting to take photos. For my pics, I use up to three lights, normally two and I have four different types of sheer white cloth in various thickness and layer the area as needed to get a good photo with low to average lighting on the coin.

One other thing I forget to mention to people. The monitors I use to take the photos I have them set on the default levels. I don't have the brightness and contrast up and or too low. This way what I see on the monitor before taking the pic should be the way most people will see the photo. If I raised or lowered the contrast and brightness then the presentation on other people's monitors would way too high or low.

John W is a GREAT attributer but in my opinion, he would be even better if he offered a more centered shot of the Mint mark so it can be used to identify mint mark positions. To me, that seals the deal on being able to accurately match up a candidate to a good, known example.

On your "D" photo I think I can make out minor split serifs. I suggest having the lighting on the serif side, even if the coin has to be shot upside down and then the photo turned right side up. I think i see the scratch within the legs of the "R", but the rest of the photos I cannot make out anything decisive.

[rbroederer]

Hello Gary, I have tweaked some pics and varied the lighting as you suggested and I think they look better. Pic one is the MM with the light source on the side of the serifs. Pic 2 to 4 show the obverse die markers (The out of focus pic shows the "bump"): 1. Very light, weak E/W die scratch connecting the two legs of the R in LIBERTY slightly below center of the legs. 2. Small die gouge (dot) about centered at the far left of the lower opening of the E in LIBERTY. Pic 5 shows one of the reverse die markers ( Light WNW/ESE die scratch through the I and connecting the N in UNITED about one-fourth down from the top. I hope these are better for you. Bruce

[MintErrors]

Bruce these are better, good job.
The split serifs are there, there are at least 2 die markers that seem to match as well (the "R" and "IN")
I'd say this it is a strong possibility this is WRPM-001.