1941-D Repunched Mintmark RPM-009

Description

RPM-009 on the 1941-D Lincoln Wheat Cent shows the D mintmark punched over a previous D impression in a different position, attributed by VarietyVista. Die markers are UVC-1194 and DMR-015. Stage A is early die state (unconfirmed). The 1941-D Lincoln Wheat Cent was struck at Denver in the pre-war era, a year before the United States entered World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Denver Mint production of Lincoln cents in 1941 exceeded 128 million pieces, and individual working dies received hand-punched D mintmarks before being placed into service — a process that routinely generated secondary impressions when the punch was repositioned. RPM-009 documents one such repositioning. Die markers UVC-1194 and DMR-015 provide the two-sided diagnostics that distinguish this die pair from the numerous other RPM attributions catalogued by VarietyVista for the 1941-D cent. Pre-war Lincoln Wheat Cents were struck in the standard 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc alloy that continued through 1942 before the composition shifted to zinc-coated steel in 1943.

Die Markers

• UVC-1194
• DMR-015
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Die gouges on shoulder and under lapel – MDS
• Die scratch lower S of PLURIBUS to first U of UNUM – MDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

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