RPM or DD?

[RossMartzall]

I have only seen a few RPM's but don't fully understand how to determine if it's a RPM or DD so I hope someone can help me there. When I found this coin I checked Variety Vista to see if there was anything like it and couldn't find even one like it. I'm leaning on this being an RPM over a DD though. Would this be something that would be listed on Variety Vista? If so should I submit it to be added there since I couldn't find anything like it? Thanks for your help.

[RossMartzall]

I looked a little closer at Variety Vista and did find the RPM section and did indeed find mine.

[eaxtellcoin]

Ross,
This is CONECA RPM#1. RPM is the abreviation for Re Punched Mintmark. D/D in this exact form with the slash is the same thing. When I see DD I think - just me the seller is stating Double Die which this coin is NOT.

[occnumis2021]

a nice one!

[Rok3269]

very nice D/D!! gratz!!

[MintErrors]

I looked a little closer at Variety Vista and did find the RPM section and did indeed find mine.

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Cool you attributed your coin.

Prior to the mid 1990s the US Mint had the mint workers take already finished working dies, and using a rod or punch and a mallet and hammer on the die the mint mark for the city where the coins were produced. Yes, things can go wrong with this, and often did. If the mint worker did a glancing low to the rod, and it only showed a partial mintmark, they would have to strike it again in order for that mint mark to be recognizable. There are a few years that produced quite a few repunched mintmarks (RPMs) and those years were 1959D, 1960D and 1961D.

One important thing to note. Since all of mintmarks prior to the 1990s were hammered by hand into those working dies, it allowed attributors to see a difference of the mintmark location on the coins. The websites out there show mintmark placement photos to help others find out which RPM they may have.

Additionally, there may be pick up points or markers identified, to confirm the attribution. The pick up points or markers can be part of a clashed die, raised scratches on the coin, die breaks or cracks, die gouges or even die chips. This can also tell the stage or life of the die, meaning about how many coins were struck. Dies states or stage are typically early, medium or late.

Https://doubleddie.com. has a lot of great info on the process of coin making to include rpms and doubled dies. It also touches on worthless doubing.

Congrats on a decent find.