1938-D Repunched Mintmark RPM-008

Description

The 1938-D Buffalo Nickel RPM-008 is cataloged by VarietyVista under die tracking codes UVC-229 and DMR-014. The mintmark displacement is D/D Southeast, with the initial D punch placed to the northwest and the accepted final mintmark position shifted southeast, leaving a secondary impression visible to the upper-left of the primary mintmark. The 1938-D holds a unique place in United States coinage history as the final year and mint of the Buffalo Nickel series — the last regular-issue coin in James Earle Fraser's Indian Head and American Bison design, which ran from 1913 through 1938. The Denver Mint struck 7,020,000 Buffalo Nickels in 1938-D before the Jefferson Nickel replaced the design that same year. As a terminal-year issue, the 1938-D is widely collected both as a type coin and in variety form, and RPM-008 represents one of the documented repunched mintmark varieties for this historically significant final year. The southeast-direction repunch on UVC-229 provides a clear attribute under magnification.

Die Markers

• UVC-229
• DMR-014
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Reverse and Obverse are MDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Bill Wilson, Lloyd Hanson
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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