Having trouble Identify this rpm. 1955-s 1c.
dagingerbeasttt
Posts: 791 ✭✭✭✭
So I was looking through variety Vista to try and match some of my rpms from my unc. Roll of wheats and I can't can't find a match. The third s in the first two pictures can be seen above the first s and below the five and seems to be rotated east clockwise. I was just wanting some opinions.
Tagged:
0
Comments
Can you see any identifiable die polish lines or die chips that may help identify it?
No sir, and I haven't found in any I'm variety Vista with the s being rotated that direction below the five either so I'm stumped.
Hard to tell with the pic posted, Did you look at copper coins as well some good pic on there site.
Link: coppercoins.com/advsearch.php
Hoard the keys.
Well, despite being a date that is heavily
searched, I can't recall seeing that RPM before.
It slightly resembles RPM#1, but the mm on your coin is farther from the date and the repunching atop the curve of S is different.
I admit that I'm stumped too.
Have you looked at Wexler ?
I have and I'm looking on coppeecoins as well.
I have and nothing still. I'm gonna send it off to get some high res pics since I'm a terrible camera man..
You may have a new one here.
I can't recall seeing one like it.
Interesting... I wish you luck in identifying that one... perhaps send it to one of the groups you are searching and it may be a new one they can list. Cheers, RickO
I can see 2 of the 3 S of course that does not mean it is not a SSS. You have in hand so I take your word on 2 or 3
Best place to buy !
Bronze Associate member
@mannie gray said: "I can't recall seeing that RPM before. It slightly resembles RPM#1, but the mm on your coin is farther from the date and the repunching atop the curve of S is different."
IMO, (based on photos) it is not an RPM. Most of what I'm seeing is due to lighting. Example: In one image the lower loop is clear. In another there is something visible and raised.
You either have nothing or there is a very slim to none possibility that you have a "new" discovery. Good luck!
PS Take an image using FLORESCENT LIGHT! That should do the trick - one way or the other.
@Insider2
What do you think is looping above the S?
Just a semi-circular die scratch?
That is the first thing I saw and is the only indication that I see for an S/S. It does not look like a die scratch and that would be a very unusual place for just one to occur. New stuff is found every day. Send it to Dr. James Wiles or Ken Potter as I don't think they charge for opinions. Call first.
PS The mintmarks were applied by hand and that mark may be the initial "tap" before the engraver decided it was too high and then made the obvious "S" into the die.
That is also the only indication I saw for repunching.
I suppose it's possible that this is a LDS of RPM#1..but I still think the MM is too low.--hard to tell without having it in hand.
What is poking above the S looks like a partial repunching to me.
IMO, It is not any die state of RPM#1.
I tend to agree....but as many 1955-S cents that were put away at the time of issue, the odds that a RPM has eluded us is slim.