TPring
04-17-2024, 07:51 PM
This is one of the [six?] 54-S varieties that has the mint mark directly below the 5. VV has it going to stage L, but with with no die chip in the 9. While CC shows it in a late die state with the chip.
The nub inside the top curve of the MM is one of the markers for this variety [green circle]. My copy appears to be stage L with die cracks to the rim for each wheat ear [which VV describes as VLDS, yet no die chip in the 9].
VV (http://www.varietyvista.com/02a%20LC%20RPMs%20Vol%201/1954SRPM006.htm) CC-MDS (https://coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1954&die_id=1954s1mm006&die_state=mds) CC-LDS (https://coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1954&die_id=1954s1mm006&die_state=lds)
The nub inside the top curve of the MM is one of the markers for this variety [green circle]. My copy appears to be stage L with die cracks to the rim for each wheat ear [which VV describes as VLDS, yet no die chip in the 9].
VV (http://www.varietyvista.com/02a%20LC%20RPMs%20Vol%201/1954SRPM006.htm) CC-MDS (https://coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1954&die_id=1954s1mm006&die_state=mds) CC-LDS (https://coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1954&die_id=1954s1mm006&die_state=lds)