View Full Version : 1973s RPM?
I notice Coppercoins has no 1973s omms.
Could this be one? Comments?
DWK
Steven
04-13-2008, 02:55 PM
This looks to me to be a normal design but let's see what others have to say.
It does appear to be the normal 1973 design.
CCC
I guess we don't see what you are seeing. It may just be a die chip/break.
Wheat Cents
04-13-2008, 06:08 PM
nothing indicates RPM, even a minor tilt
Gee. What is that above the bottom serif?
DWK
I do see that. That is why I said that it looks like a die chip. Lets see another picture with a different light angle.
I do see that. That is why I said that it looks like a die chip. Lets see another picture with a different light angle.
Two more angles. You might be right.
I don't think it is an rpm. Just a filled in mintmark. Could be from the punch, or a small piece of the die broke off. I would throw it back...
Wheat Cents
04-15-2008, 09:08 PM
Have several rolls of both 71-s and 70-s Lincolns having that same charateristic right between the middle of the S and the bottom serif.
It is not an RPM . Very common feature after the design change which occured that year. ( .. then design continued from 1970-1973. )
Will post several S MM in this date range with the exact same feature. Years ago I questioned this feature on several rolls of 70-S and 71-S'es.
and and have it from a reliable source it is not an RPM. I am not sure if they reached agreement that it was a die chip however..
Thanks for the input, Wheat.