Description of 1910 S/S

[GarryN]

Here is a description of the 1910 S/S by Rick Snow. I thought it was interesting. Any thoughts? I included the link also until he takes it off, as the coin was sold.

http://www.indiancent.com/market/10sfs501n.jpg

"1910-S/S FS-501 MS-65RB NGC $1,250.00 See Image
75% RED. Fully struck with very early die state dies! This is the finest graded by NGC. It is a very dramatic repunched Mint Mark with the secondary S well to the north. Purists will say that actually the initial MM was the lighter one seen above the stronger MM, which would technically put the second, stronger punching is to the south. This is counter-intuative so we say it is repunched to the north."

[eagames]

Garry,

Was your point that he sort of described this strangely?
He said "Purists will say that actually the initial MM was the lighter one seen above the stronger MM, which would technically put the second, stronger punching is to the south."

But I think purists would say it's south but not because of the order as he stated. I say it's that with RPMs we don't always know the order (so there is no "second") so we denote them as being the light/secondary one from the primary one so this one is South or Southeast.

I found one of these but it's not exactly a gem

[coop]

Ed: Yours looks like a South RPM and the one Rick Snow listed was a North RPM. Still a great find considering the year. I agree about the first/second third punches. They could have been that sequence, but an accidental RPM can also be made by missing the primary mintmark with the punch. But location next to numbers seem to be declared as the first punch, even though it may not have been. The reason was to get the location corrected. But accidents happen. Were talking microscopic misses. Yours look like 001, his (RS) looks like a 002 from a glance. I love to see coins that were saved in BU, that old and have a RPM/DD. Ca..ching on them.

[GarryN]

Yes he must have been in a creative mood when he wrote that. My brain shuts down when I read a circular description like that. Nice coin tho. Yours is too. Nice pic as always.

[eagames]

LOL

Yes Coop is right, this one is RPM-1 and I think the one RS metioned is RPM-2.

I agree, his circular description made me think he was talking about RPM-1 but those new FS numbers are based on the CPG numbers and RPM-2 was FS-012.7 and the first 10-S RPM they listed in the CPG so their new number is FS-501. Doesn't it get too confusing when everyone assigns their own numbers! Chuck set this site up better so most RPM numbers match conecas. Too bad everyone did not do the same.