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Most likely some type of debris trapped inside the capsule. The US mint is notorious for bad quality control. My Peace dollar came with some black fibers inside the capsule.

Yes. Only the W proof and W reverse proof were issued. Unfortunately the W circulation strike was never released.

I think that is pretty close to all of them unless you want to include all 6 reverse types from 1939. All 3 mints used both reverse of 38 and reverse of 40 dies. There are also the satin finish coins from the uncirculated sets from 2005-2010 that are different from the regular circulation strikes.

Yes. The 1997 coin is a bit more scarce than the 1994.

Yes. It is considered a special finish coin only available in that set. Similar to the one from 1997 that has the same finish.

WOW blast from the past!

Happy T day.

You had me at Tomax & Xamot. Memories.

Welcome to the forum. Looks like coin rolling machine damage.

So here is the reveal. I think everyone knew where this was going. This is in fact the much more common 39S Rev of 38 in a mislabeled holder. I have seen this time and time again with the attribution of both sets of steps being incorrect. I don’t believe this is a mechanical error on the label. It seems that the TPGs struggle with this. I am not trying to bash on the TPGs. The moral of the story is don’t blindly follow what is on the label. Check the coin and make sure it is what it is supposed to be. Everyone makes mistakes. This will of course be returned to the seller and my hunt for this coin will continue. I thank all the members who responded to this post.

Congratulations to you for being that 700th post! I need to get some more coins to Joe for imaging.

So here is my question. If the mint packaging has the potential to tone these coins in an unattractive way, should they be removed from the packaging to preserve the coins natural state? I have seen both the 94 and the 97 nickels with the unattractive yellowish to sometimes brown toning. These satin finish coins don’t seem to respond well to this type of toning. It may be the pics but it kind of looks like these two coins are starting to tone on the reverse? I’m not saying they should be sent to a TPG for grading but do you just leave them in the mint packaging and hope for the best? For the record, I generally agree most things in OGP should be left in there.

Nice pick up J.P. I hope you can now rest easy with this being rectified. 😃

Yes it is graded MS-66 with no FS designation.

I don’t want to sway anyones vote one way or another but I will post the label after a bit.

I apologize for the pic quality. I’ll give this a little time for the members to give their opinion.

All 3 mints used both reverses on the 39 coins.

I know what I see. How about you?

I picked up this 47 D/D piece recently. This is the only RPM that NGC recognizes listed as VP-001. CONECA lists this as RPM-001. You can see the first impression peeking out of the bottom of the second punch with the second being punched slightly counterclockwise. According to Variety Vista there are 2 more RPMs listed for the Denver pieces from 1947. According to the various variety sites this is also listed as a DDR. I am certainly no variety expert by any means and I have really looked this coin over. I did find the one die marker they show which is this very small die gouge. The rest of it I just don’t see. Sometimes I wonder how they come up with some of these. Guess that’s why I’m not much on this doubled die stuff. Here are a few links. http://www.varietyvista.com/05 JN RPMs/1947DRPM001.htm https://www2.briansvarietycoins.com/listings/view/1595 https://www.conecaonline.info/jefferson-nickel/jefferson-nickel-1947-d-rpm-001-denver/