1960-D/D attribution question

[coppersleuth]

Greetings! I think this is a D/D but am having trouble pinpointing from the massive list on Coppercoins. Am I missing an easy one here?

Anyway, looks to me a D/D east, with medium vertical bar just inside primary mintmark, and also what looks like a small protrusion just outside the primary, at the upper middle area.

Here is the question. I will show several pics which also adjust the light angle to show the many striations from die polish scratches (I assume). Could what I see as a somewhat obvious D/D be simply manifestations of die scratches? I don't think so, but anything is possible, I guess. Please let me know what you think. Thanks

(p.s. my D/D characteristics seemed perhaps similar to the RPM #77 description on Coppercoins, but no pic is available to verify)

[Bob P]

Congratulations on a very successful attribution. You nailed it as it is indeed RPM #77. You also managed to find one of the coins I had taken pictures of previously, but failed to add the pics to the database. I will do that shortly. I guess now you know what drives attributers like me and Chuck crazy when we try attribute RPMs from 1960 and 1961. Well done!

[coppersleuth]

Thanks Bob! Your and Chuck's site makes it pretty easy to attribute for us rookies out here. The hunt is always fun! And in this case, the RPM #77 description even without a picture was a great help to me.

Thanks also for the "battlefield promotion". I see I have risen to Advanced Member status. Not sure I've earned it yet, but my thanks nonetheless. Champagne is on ice as we speak !!

Coppersleuth

(p.s. check out my 55-D/D inquiry from today, as well. Curious as to your thoughts)

[Bob P]

You got 'promoted' when you made your 100th post, so congrats on that too! You have 3 more ranks to attain, and those are at 200, 500, and 1000 posts.

Due to your post, I also managed to find another die I had taken pictures of and failed to upload to the site, and that was 1960D-1MM-085. There are more out there that I have pics of, but trying to match that list up with the 2047 dies listed on the site...might take a bit. Thanks again for the kind words and once again, congrats on your attribution.