1925-S Repunched Mintmark WRPM-005

Description

Multiple catalog systems have independently documented WRPM-005 for the 1925-S Lincoln wheat cent, a testament to its significance within the RPM collecting community. CONECA lists it as RPM #5, Crawford catalogs it as CRPM-005, and CopperCoins carries it under the designation 1925S-1MM-005, while the Wexler Team files it as 1925-S 1¢ WRPM-005. The additional designation as a Top 100 RPM by Wexler places this variety among the elite tier of repunched mintmark discoveries across the entire Lincoln cent series, a distinction reserved for varieties that combine visual prominence, historical interest, and collector demand. Repunched mintmark varieties on 1920s wheat cents arose from the manual mintmark application process then in use at the Philadelphia die shop: individual letter punches were hand-driven into each working die, and when the initial placement was judged unsatisfactory, the punch was repositioned and struck again, leaving traces of the first impression visible beneath or adjacent to the final one. San Francisco struck 26,380,000 cents in 1925, a modest mintage that already commands a slight premium over Philadelphia issues in the wheat cent series. The convergence of four independent catalog cross-references -- CONECA, Crawford, CopperCoins, and Wexler -- creates a comprehensive attribution web that allows collectors and dealers to locate this variety regardless of which reference system they primarily use, and the Top 100 RPM designation ensures that WRPM-005 appears in the standard cherry-picking references consulted by variety specialists nationwide.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Doug Yost Cross References: CONECA: RPM #5, Crawford: CRPM-005, Coppercoins: 1925S-1MM-005 Top 100 RPM: Wexler
• CONECA: RPM #5, Crawford: CRPM-005, Coppercoins: 1925S-1MM-005 Top 100 RPM: Wexler; Wexler Variety ID: 1925-S 1¢ WRPM-005
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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