Several weeks ago I took an interest in the transitional reverse varieties on the 1969 and 1970 Roosevelt dimes after reading an article in CONECA's Errorscope.

It's not a very much discussed variety (nor is the Roosevelt series the most valuable among collectors, adding to its obscurity), but I think it's a neat little nugget of U.S. coin history.

In the Cherrypickers' guide as FS-901, it seems that a 1968 proof reverse die was used on some 1969-P, 1970-P, and 1970-D business-struck Roosevelts.

I wrote a whole thing about it back in May. Check it out here: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7689112 , or check out the Errorscope article.

After I posted that journal I submitted the nicest 1970-D FS-901 that I found from the roll search to PCGS. I'm not a PCGS member, but NGC doesn't recognize the variety. So I had to submit the coin to PCGS through my local coin shop, which was sort of expensive. And it did take quite a while for the coin to be returned... like three months. But it came back with a pretty good grade for the variety... MS 65 ...so it was all worth it.

1970-D Rev of 68 FS-901

PCGS Population

MS 64 -- 12

MS 65 -- 5

MS 66 -- 2

MS 64 FB -- 0

MS 65 FB -- 0

MS 66 FB -- 1

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