1950 (S) Lincoln Wheat Cent - Repunched Mintmark WRPM-017

Description

1950-S WRPM-017 is a repunched mint mark on the 1950-S Lincoln Wheat cent, cataloged by the Wexler team. Wexler describes it as S/S South: the secondary S lies south of the primary. Obverse Stage A has a long scratch heading SSE from the chin's lower tip almost to the bust front, left of the date's 1; a tiny gouge on the hair's upper margin, SE of GOD's G, with a short slashing scratch in the upper hair just SE of it; faded light SSE-NNW scratches through and between the 1 and 9; and a short N-S gouge on the vest, SW of the buttonhole. Stage B adds a strong gouge inside the tail of the 9 at its lower left margin; two long scratches forming a V to the mint mark's left; a very strong dot in the field NW of the 1; a heavily abraded throat clash; heavy N-S abrasion lines through the outer chin; a strong field dot east of the upper chin; a pair of mostly parallel scratches through the nose tip, one of them running SE all the way to between the 1 and 9, where it crosses a strong N-S scratch above it; many NW-SE scratches through and NE of LIBERTY's T and Y; a field dot well below the N of IN; a short N-S scratch just ahead of the eye; and a strong field dot well east of the mint mark, under the 5 and 0. On Stage C the gouge in the 9's tail and the one NW of the 1 remain, the throat clash is faint, most other Stage B markers are much weaker or gone, and a faded scratch heads WNW from WE's W, at the middle of its left side. On Stage D the gouges in the 9 and NW of the 1 are faint and every other Stage C marker has worn away; new are many N-S scratches left of the 1; a strong gouge along the 1's lower right side; a V-shaped scratch on the neck, northwest of the bow tie; N-S scratches on the cheek west of the mouth's back; strong N-S scratches within the upper shoulder fold; light N-S scratches on the rear of the neck, southwest of the lower ear; light parallel N-S scratches directly behind the head; a strong but faded scratch north of the 5; a strong gouge heading south from the lower part of TRUST's last T; and a gouge heading south from the rim at K-2. On the reverse, Stage A has a small gouge on the T's vertical bar in CENT, at its upper left; light parallel scratches linking the top of CENT's T with the lower E of ONE; a dot east of the upper crossbar of ONE's E; two faded N-S field scratches left of that E, SE of the dot; and a small gouge on the lower margin of CENT's C with a faded scratch running south from it. On Stage B that C gouge and its scratch are weak but visible, the gouge on the T remains, the scratches left of the E are barely visible, and the other Stage A markers are gone; new are a tiny dot between the lower N and E of ONE and two more tiny dots, NE of CENT's N at its upper right and below the left side of ONE's E. Stage C adds a crack to the rim from the upper left of the left wheat stalk, a dot within the opening of CENT's N, a small dot along the upper E of ONE at its upper left margin, and a dot right of that E's lower opening; the gouge on the T is still present (Wexler notes it shows in all known die stages). Wexler marks Stage D as a new reverse die: a light crack on the central left wheat stalk, northwest of UNUM's U; a single scratch heading south from the lower M of AMERICA; a very light scratch heading north from the upper left arm of UNITED's N; a faded N-S scratch within the central opening of AMERICA's C; a gouge (dot) along the back of ONE's E, just east of and above the central crossbar; and a tiny scratch heading north from the upper left edge of CENT's E. Submitters were John Bordner (Stage A), David Bloomberg (Stage B), Brian Ribar (Stage C) and Daniel Griffin (Stage D). Wexler lists no cross-references. Wexler's comments note that the Stage D coin comes from well after Stage C and pairs with a reverse die that is new and yet already in a late die state (LDS), and ask for a coin from an intervening die stage to be examined.

Cross References

• Wexler Variety ID: 1950-S 1¢ WRPM-017

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