1960-D Repunched Mintmark RPM-031

Description

Minimally staged with only three documented die states, RPM-031 is a repunched mintmark variety on the 1960-D Large Date Lincoln Memorial cent cataloged by VarietyVista as UVC-674/DMR-042. Stage A: EDS (unconfirmed). Stage B (MDS): die crack on forehead, light die crack on column 1. Stage C: LDS (unconfirmed). The brevity of the staging may reflect limited surviving specimens or incomplete documentation rather than a short die life. The forehead die crack at Stage B is the primary confirmed diagnostic beyond the repunched mintmark itself. Repunched mintmark varieties from the 1960-D Large Date series are particularly numerous because Denver's first-phase production consumed working dies at a rapid pace, and the hand-punching process used to apply the D mintmark in this era made each die unique. Even minor positional adjustments during mintmark application could produce a secondary impression detectable under magnification, and the systematic cataloging by VarietyVista has documented these subtle differences across more than forty distinct RPM entries for this single date and subtype.

Die Markers

• UVC-674
• DMR-042
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Die crack on forehead – MDS
• Light die crack on column # 1 – MDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

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