1962-D RPM-003 / Possible Clash on Obverse

[JMACD013]

Today I was looking at my 1962-D Washington Quarter, which I believe has the attributes of the RPM-003. Several die cracks can be found on both sides. What struck me as odd, is a gear shaped imprint on Washington’s cheek. I am curious if the imprint is a die clash or PMD.

[MintErrors]

In my opinion, although gallery photos may look appealing to some, they are a pain to try and zoom in and try to assess what is going on.

We would need a nice straight on photo of the mint mark, centered in the photo. Back then they hammered the mintmark into the working dies, and each one has a slightly different location.

The gear like marks might simply be reeding from another coin being dropped on it. The reeding could be from any coin, from a quarter to a dollar in size. The reeding is on the thinnest portion of the coin.

[JMACD013]

Thanks, Gary. The file size limitations is what led me to the gallery view. I was able to reduce the size of the photos. Let me know if these work for you.PICT0008.jpg

[ariel cabrera]

Thanks, Gary. The file size limitations is what led me to the gallery view. I was able to reduce the size of the photos. Let me know if these work for you.PICT0008.jpg

Gary, what he means is, publish the coin complete and focused on the damage. You're with the big boys.

[MintErrors]

Thanks, Gary. The file size limitations is what led me to the gallery view. I was able to reduce the size of the photos. Let me know if these work for you.

In my opinion, your photos are fine. I can't say that for the example photos on variety vista I cannot get the photo sizes to the right dimensions in order to produce a good overlay in order to see if it is a match. They would have to line up exactly, and these will not.

If I look closely at the example listed on variety vista, the appearance on the southern part of the mintmark(s) is different. Maybe some one else can give it a try and see if this is a match. Gut feeling tells me this is not a match, but I could be wrong.

I see machine doubling on the coin, so that is kinda swaying my opinion. The die cracks that variety vista shows, may not be there IF this coin is die stage A. IF it is older than Stage A, then I would expect to see at least a few of the die cracks in the coin in the locations where variety vista shows them.

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