New Variety Lincoln Cent 1987 D (Low D) ?

no one "forgot" to punch in the mint mark, since it is obviously there. there have been many similar questions on this forum. the mint mark location can vary a great deal - and as long it is basically below the year - it is considered normal and not any sort of error or variety.

Here is an example that torques me, They graded the new Buffalo nickel with a die crack calling it an error, Speared Bison, I have Delaware Quarters that looks like the horse is spitting and they won't grade them and call it an error but both are die cracks. Do these grading companies have lobbyist that pay them to grade coins. Makes me wonder.

They can be anywhere under the date and to the right of the bust and just be a normal mint mark location. No variety. Only a variety if the mint mark is not over a previous punch.
Another low one:

The image isn't as clear as I would like. It is in a mint set and I don't consider it valuable enough to break up the mint set for the cent.

At least your coin still HAS a mint mark.

Bio, Man just google die gouges and look at all the pictures of coins with gouges, looks pretty common to me. I have seen several myself through my years of collecting. I have been collecting coins a long time and I am no expert, they are out there yet no interest from the grading companies. Someone sold that bison coin hard. At least the Wisconsin has the appearance of another leaf. That gouge on that nickel looks nothing like a spear it looks like a gouge. By the way your Quote: block you use is rude and condescending. Thank you for replying. I like to read other views out there.

Hi, I'm a collector of Canadian pennies, but so many US pennies (used to) circulate here that I've taken an interest. I was looking for an answer to the same question as the OP but for 1988-D MM placement, and thought I would post it here rather than start a new thread. I too thought these differences would warrant categorization as distinct varieties. Is it simply that there are too many dies used to bother trying to keep track of them all (1988-D mintage is over 5 billion pennies)? Would most collectors consider the Two Cents I've posted below equivalent, all other things being equal? I actually spotted the difference in these two based on how askew the first coin's "D" was. Thanks!

Is not each separate die marriage a variety?

Some issues are cataloged in that manner but it tends to be limited to the 18th and early 19th century types with low mintages. A modern Lincoln Cent die can strike upwards of one million coins before retirement but when you have mintages in the billions, you are dealing with thousands of working dies.