looking at a bag of 1979-D Lincoln

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  seanq Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 30, 2009 2:25PM

  That might be a split serif RPM. It's hard to tell from the angle you shot from, but is there a similar split on the top serif?
  
  
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  GrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭

  January 30, 2009 2:40PM

  If it's only on the lower serif many of them have that. It's the corner broken off the punch they were using and used on many of 79-Ds.

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  micmt Posts: 671

  January 30, 2009 2:40PM

  Looks like it might be this?
  
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  GrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭

  January 30, 2009 2:48PM

  
  
  << <i>Looks like it might be this? >>
  
  
  
  It could be if both serifs show it.
  Can't see the top in the pic.
  
  

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  micmt Posts: 671

  January 30, 2009 4:05PM

  It is hard to see the top serif, too bad we don't have a good reverse photo also to match up the other die markers.

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  Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 30, 2009 4:16PM

  
  
  << <i>It is hard to see the top serif, too bad we don't have a good reverse photo also to match up the other die markers. >>
  
  Let me see if I take a good one of bouth sides.
  
  
  

  
  
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  micmt Posts: 671

  January 30, 2009 5:10PM

  Yeah you suck man!!! And you know why

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  GrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭

  January 30, 2009 5:34PM

  The markers look for it, maybe it's a later die state than the listed one. The column crack is grown longer and the other columns are getting them.
  
  Did you find a boatload of them in a bag?
  
  

  Ed

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  Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 30, 2009 5:44PM

  Ya, Looks like 5,000 in the bag and all most all of them are like that.

  
  
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  GrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭

  January 30, 2009 5:59PM

  If that many of them have it and you don't see anything on the top serif then maybe it's the broken punch.
  
  I looked at a roll of 79-Ds and about 1/3 have the broken off lower serif. I also notice that some of them and some without the broken serif have similar markers.... column cracks and the crack on the buildings lower corner. Those markers might be similar on many dies from that year.
  
  

  Ed

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  Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 30, 2009 6:31PM

  
  It look like it but a LDS.

  
  
  Hoard the keys.

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