1971-D Repunched Mintmark RPM-010

Description

Final numbered RPM in the VarietyVista catalog for the 1971-D Lincoln Memorial cent, RPM-010 breaks from the southward dominance of RPM-007 through RPM-009 with a tilted mintmark displacement — D/D Tilted — on an ODV-027 obverse die without the re-engraved bowtie. The UVC and DMR codes remain unassigned (listed as UVC-???? and DMR-0??), indicating this variety was cataloged without the full attribution metadata available for earlier entries — possibly a later discovery or a variety documented from limited specimen access. Three die stages are recorded with the most diagnostic information concentrated at the end of the die's working life. Stage A and Stage B at Early and Mid Die State, both unconfirmed, represent the die before its most characteristic markers developed. Stage C at Late Die State documents two prominent features: a long die scratch running northwest through the 97 of the date, creating a conspicuous diagonal line across two numerals, and a die clash in bays two and three of the Lincoln Memorial on the reverse. This combination of a date-area scratch and reverse die clash gives late-die-state specimens from RPM-010 a rich identification framework despite the incomplete UVC assignment. The tilted displacement connects RPM-010 to the tilted group documented in batch 51 — RPM-001, RPM-002, and RPM-003 — bringing the total count of tilted 1971-D RPM varieties to four. Across the full ten-entry RPM catalog for this date, the directional distribution reveals tilted (RPM-001, -002, -003, -010), south (RPM-004, -007, -008, -009), west (RPM-005), and north (RPM-006) — a comprehensive spread reflecting the random variability of hand-punching techniques employed at the Denver Mint during 1971 production.

Die Markers

• UVC-????
• DMR-0??
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage
• C:
• Long die scratch Northwest through
• 97 of date – LDS
• Die clash in bays # 2 and # 3 – LDS

Attribution History

• Discovered by Robert Umbarger
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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