1959D RPM #?

Scooby Due · Member

Next up is another '59D (this is like a part time job!).

There are 2 of these coins that look like the same die. One was labeled as RPM #4 and the other as RPM #17. I believe I have ruled out #4, not sure about #17. There are some nice markers that should help.

Scooby Due · Member

Forgot to post a pic of the crack on his head! It doesn't look anything like the pic of #17, it runs upward to the east starting just above the ear. I can post a pic if needed.

coop · Expert Member

It's neither of the two you listed. Your coin is more minor than those two. I check another publication with 100+ dies for this year and didn't see a match either. I would mark them with your own number code system till you find a match. Let's say 1959D-1MM-SD-001 That way you know they are both from the same die. But if there is any markers that do not match on each other, then they may be SD-001 & 002. I put them into a tube of that year unknowns. Some years I have many or one of the same RPMs.

Scooby Due · Member

Thanks coop. That's a good idea. I have several that I had flagged with just "RPM?". At least that will keep me from coming back to them and erroneously re-posting them.

I agree that it looked like a minor, but since it was labeled, I thought I would try to verify it. I still have a ton to go through, and the 60's are going to take forever!

Dick · Expert Member

Scooby, I would add my 2 "confusing" cents, but it might be superfluous.
If you are able to tell by looking at the MM, if it is "tilted, "Rotated" , then list those in that category. I use the position of the MM in relation to the tail of the "9", vertically, and a lint drawn equidistant between the nine, and the next number, as a base for starting. IE. The MM is higher than the tail of the nine, it is North, and I use an artis grid to determine how much, and the MM is nearly touching the tailmof the nune, would be West, by a fraction, same as the North indicator. This was, (is), my way to determine, because I didn't know how to make overlays, to be more accurate. I learned to do that, but my vision is not what it used to be, so the grid technuque. It breaks down the different positions according to the site positioning, if you go that route. It works for me,. and makes a lot of the very similar lookers stand apart from each other.
I use the artists grid for one very good reason: It has two angles lined on the scale. One id 45 degrees, and the other is 60 degrees. It just happens that if the corner of the scale is set on the top of the "1" in the datek the nine will be perfectly seated between them, and gives a very good look at where the MM is positioned. BTQ, for 2000, and later, all bets are off! Not really, one can still use thetwo middle numbers for the same purpose. I haven't tried it, but it should work. i'll let you know....
Dick

Scooby Due · Member

That's a good idea, Dick. Thanks for the response. I can see where that would at least help to isolate possibilities.