1960 D/D RPM 2 or 3?

[furryfrog02]

Hi everyone,

I pulled this out of a box last night looking for small dates. It caught my eye since it didn't look like any of the others I have ever looked at. I am pretty sure it is RPM #3 due to the positioning of the mint mark. Just wanted to confirm since this is the first one I have ever seen and am not all that familiar with them. Thanks for looking!

[eaxtellcoin]

The pic is a bit grainy and over pixeled but I think you are correct with 1MM-003 / RPM#3. Good job!

[furryfrog02]

Thanks. Yeah my usb microscope sucks. Those are the best pictures it can do. Shame.

[coppercoins]

This is 1960D-1MM-003. The position and doubling are different from #002.

[furryfrog02]

I played with the settings on my camera and think I got a better shot of the mint mark. It says it is a 2 megapixel camera but I highly doubt that.

[mustbebob]

Way too big. Needs to be edited. The correct answer to your question has already been provided by Chuck.

[furryfrog02]

Yeah I edited it. I screwed up the picture. I know I got the answer but figured I would try to get a sharper image.

[coppercoins]

When you use digital tools to over-sharpen images it does more bad than good. You cannot sharpen a blurry image using digital means. That's all in the optics of the camera. The image has to be sharp coming out of the camera - anything else is moot.

Additionally, blowing up images above 100% of the original image will blur the image because of pixel interpolation. You're basically taking pixels that were next to each other, splitting them apart, and placing fluff between them that was never in the original image. This is not a good thing.

Moral to the story - focus your images well, do not blow them up beyond original size, do not digitally enhance the images, and make sure you can clearly see what you are trying to show in the images before you post them. If you cannot clearly see what you want to see in the images, you can guarantee that nobody else will be able to see what you want them to see.