1943 (D) Jefferson Nickel - Wartime Silver Alloy - Repunched Mintmark RPM-012

Description

The D mintmark on this 1943-D wartime silver alloy Jefferson nickel is repunched with the secondary D tilted relative to the primary — a D/D Tilted variety catalogued by VarietyVista under UVC-130 and DMR-015. Stage A is early die state (unconfirmed). The 1943-D Jefferson nickel carries the wartime 35% silver, 56% copper, and 9% manganese composition used from 1942 through 1945 to conserve nickel for military use. The large D mintmark above Monticello on the reverse identifies the wartime alloy and the Denver Mint, both essential attribution points before examining the repunching. Denver struck over 15.2 million wartime silver nickels in 1943. Wartime nickel RPM varieties are actively catalogued by VarietyVista, which documents individual die pairs through multiple die stages, enabling collectors to track die wear progression across the wartime production run. The tilted secondary D impression is the primary diagnostic for RPM-012, visible under low magnification as a rotated ghost alongside the primary mintmark.

Die Markers

• UVC-130
• DMR-015
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Reverse is LMDS
• Die crack Southeast through upper hair – LMDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

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