1960-D Repunched Mintmark RPM-016

Description

Exhibiting a triple-punched mintmark described as D/D/D North, North, RPM-016 is a repunched mintmark variety on the 1960-D Large Date Lincoln Memorial cent cataloged by VarietyVista as UVC-654/DMR-022. The two northward offsets indicate the die maker's initial placement was too far south, requiring successive corrections upward. Four die stages track the progressive deterioration: Stage A (EDS): strong triple mintmark, reverse is EDS. Stage B (MDS): weak triple mintmark, die chip on right cornice. Stage C (LMDS): reduced to double mintmark visibility, die crack north-south in hair, die cracks on columns 1, 10, 11, and 12, die chip on east side of left leg of R of AMERICA. Stage D (LDS): obverse is LDS, die chip on right base. The transition from triple to double mintmark visibility between Stages B and C illustrates how die wear preferentially erodes the shallowest punch impression first, leaving the deeper secondary punch visible longer than the tertiary one. Triple-punched mintmarks document a three-step correction process that occurred less frequently than standard D/D repunches, making RPM-016 a noteworthy entry among the 1960-D Large Date RPM roster.

Die Markers

• UVC-654
• DMR-022
• Stage A:
• Strong triple mintmark – EDS
• Reverse is EDS
• Stage B:
• Weak triple mintmark – MDS
• Die chip on Right cornice – MDS
• Stage C:
• Double mintmark – LMDS
• Die crack North-South in hair
• Die cracks on column # 1, 10, 11, and 12 – LMDS
• Die chip East side of the Left leg of the R of AMERICA
• Stage D:
• Obverse is LDS
• Die chip on the Right base – LDS

Attribution History

• Discovered by Unknown
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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