1941-S Repunched Mintmark RPM-004

Description

Assigned VarietyVista identifiers UVC-102 and DMR-006, the 1941-S RPM-004 Lincoln Wheat Cent features an S repunched mintmark applied at the San Francisco Mint. Die state documentation tracks three stages: Stage A with obverse and reverse in early die state, Stage B at mid-die-state for both faces, and Stage C at late die state remaining unconfirmed. The 1941-S cent was produced in the year immediately preceding America's entry into World War II following the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, placing this coin in a transitional moment between peacetime and wartime production at the San Francisco facility. Struck in the standard bronze alloy of 95% copper and 5% tin and zinc at 3.11 grams with a 19.05 mm diameter, the 1941-S predates the dramatic compositional changes that would affect the Lincoln Cent in 1943 when copper was diverted to military use. Victor David Brenner's obverse portrait of Abraham Lincoln, in continuous production since 1909, pairs with the wheat ears reverse design. The fourth cataloged RPM for the 1941-S date documents the manual mintmark application process at San Francisco, where each working die received its S letter punch individually by hand. The DMR-006 die marriage reference number places this specific die pair within VarietyVista's systematic die pairing catalog, enabling researchers to track which obverse and reverse dies were used together and how many varieties emerged from each pairing. Collectors searching for this variety should examine the S mintmark area under 10x magnification for evidence of the secondary punch impression offset from the primary.

Die Markers

• UVC-102
• DMR-006
• Stage A:
• Obverse and Reverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• Obverse and Reverse are MDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

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