1911-D FS-503 Finally!!!

[kloccwork419]

Finally picked one of these guys!! Basically went off MM position because of the crud
Did a spot treatment to get the crud off and what do ya know?!?!?!? Got it !!
Not bad for a $15 offer Think Ill do a few more spots to get crud of LIBERTY. Don't want to mess with it too much. The dot by R is barely visible and there is no cracks on the reverse. I thought maybe a very late stage but looks like EDS if I go off Coppercoins.
Not too sure but I finally have one. Too bad it took a hit on the bottom of the MM but I cant complain

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[makecents]

Excellent catch, given the gunk on the mm and a great buy! Just looking at the worth differences on cc, looks like this is the more scarce of the three?

[kloccwork419]

Definitely not easy to find. Those that do find them, keep them. Now I need 1 & 2

[joel]

Excellent addition to your collection Jason!! Good luck on the next two!!

[WaterSport]

That looks like it! I think Coppercoins and support folks really need to be high fived for the research, photos etc. The coin will be easier to locate thanks to them.

Bob

[rglerdude]

Great pick up. This is a beauty, congrats!

[willbrooks]

Nice. They should be a little "less rare" now that all of the attributors are on the same page.

[rglerdude]

Bear with me....
The 1911D 1MM-003 "EDS" stage shown on CC is my low grade circulated coin. And even while the coin is low grade is does show Metal Flow/Die fatigue on the bottom E of ONE, yet no die reverse die cracks. I thought the E of ONE was a marker specific to the 1MM-003, but I then again I have not given much research to reverse dies of 1911D Lincoln Cents.

December of last year I bought a copy of the 1MM-003 which featured a late state obverse and (perhaps) the same reverse as the low grade copy seen as EDS on CC. Around December 13, I emailed Chuck and we discussed the possibility of a new reverse die marriage in the later stages of 1mm-003. After all, the reverse die cracks are absent yet the lower E of ONE is still present. I have been reviewing nice clean images of 1911D reverses, and now I do believe the ONE (E) defect is present on enough images to be a working hub defect(?). This may help explain how the obverse and reverse marriage is LDS and available without the known 1MM-003 die cracks. ie., a new die marriage created when the reverse die gave out from the increasing die cracks. Below is an example of an image from the PCGS CoinFacts. Note the E of ONE has this mentioned defect.


Either way, I think the marriage is trivial and more academic than significant. IMO, The RPM is rare in any grade or state and I congratulate you for a GREAT pick!

Thoughts anyone? I would like to see an example of the 1911D 1MM-003 with a married EDS obverse and EDS reverse. So....who has one of the these? Brian

[kloccwork419]

The one I have is this one. Just no cracks on the reverse. I can’t remember if Dans did or not.

[WaterSport]

Great Coin - But I can't help you you, mine have all been VLDS examples - so the Search must continue!!

Bob

[willbrooks]

The one I have is this one. Just no cracks on the reverse. I can’t remember if Dans did or not.

Email me a reminder. I'll send you the data I collected of most of the known examples.
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[Sheila ruley]

Nice!! Great score!

[willbrooks]

Ok, reminder sent. I'll email you my collected data as soon as I have a half hour and remember. Like my wife does, it's best to hit me up first thing in the morning. I'm usually exhausted and disgusted by 10am.