Can you have an OMM and a RPM variety on the same coin? 0

[NeverEnoughCoins09]

Two examples of an OMM D/S but one looks to have a RPM on the D South/East.

Or is it just considered an OMM and only an OMM?

Thank you for your thoughts and time!

[Sandon]

    Yes, it is possible. Notably, there is a Buffalo nickel variety known as the 1938-D/D/D/S (FS-511). See Buffalo Five Cents (1913-1938) | VarietyPlus® | NGC (ngccoin.com).

    Please show each side of the coin whose closeups you posted.

[RWB]

On 1/28/2024 at 6:20 PM, NeverEnoughCoins09 said:

is it just considered an OMM and only an OMM?

Uhmmmm...I shall meditate on that ... Ommmmmm. Ommmmmmm.Ommmmmmmmmm

[NeverEnoughCoins09]

On 1/28/2024 at 6:12 PM, Sandon said:

    Yes, it is possible. Notably, there is a Buffalo nickel variety known as the 1938-D/D/D/S (FS-511). See Buffalo Five Cents (1913-1938) | VarietyPlus® | NGC (ngccoin.com).

    Please show each side of the coin whose closeups you posted.

[NeverEnoughCoins09]

[NeverEnoughCoins09]

I could be mistaken but that looks awfully close to the (FS-511).

Top photo is example of (FS-511) and the bottom photo is the coin I was looking at.

 

[VKurtB]

On 1/28/2024 at 6:26 PM, RWB said:

Uhmmmm...I shall meditate on that ... Ommmmmm. Ommmmmmm.Ommmmmmmmmm

I’ll be trying that mantra in order to sleep on my trek across the Atlantic tomorrow night. That and a wee dram o’ whisky. 

[NeverEnoughCoins09]

On 1/28/2024 at 7:22 PM, VKurtB said:

I’ll be trying that mantra in order to sleep on my trek across the Atlantic tomorrow night. That and a wee dram o’ whisky. 

Safe travels, enjoy your whiskey. 

[NeverEnoughCoins09]

@Sandon I was also asking because the orginal holder only has 1938 D/S MS65.

Are the five varieties not of interest? Are there varieties from this year that are better than others?

[Sandon]

   Several different Buffalo nickel reverses that had already been punched with an "S" mintmark were overpunched with a "D" in 1938, presumably because it had been decided that no Buffalo nickels would be struck in San Francisco for the final year of that type. NGC (and, I think, PCGS, whose holder this coin appears to be in) will attribute coins from any of these dies as a D over S without an additional fee, but an additional variety attribution such as the FS-511 would require the submitter to pay a variety attribution fee ($18 at NGC) in addition to the grading fee and other costs.

   Neither the NGC nor the PCGS Price Guide shows the FS-511 being worth a premium over other 1938-D, D over S varieties. Unless there are recent auction records showing this variety being substantially more valuable than others in its assigned grade, it wouldn't make any sense to resubmit it. In any event, there is no reason that collectors shouldn't be able to make and verify their own attributions. Your coin appears to be a close match, possibly from a different die state than the coin shown on VarietyPlus.