89 Cent With 88 Reverse?

Thanks Chris.

It depends on what features are polished. Some features on a die do not hold up as well as others during the minting process. The FG initials are one of those areas. Also you have to take into account clashes, which are a wildcard. They do not happen as often as normal die wear, and they do not always happen in the same areas of a coin. The 1969-D that Chris eluded to is a prime example of over polishing of the initials. Find five 1969-D Lincolns, and look at the FG. You will find five different degrees of polishing. It is such a random thing, but when you want to identify any particular variety in the future ALWAYS look at everything. The signs left on a coin will answer most questions you may have. For doubled dies and RPMs I look at coppercoins.com I use the die markers listed on that site to help me identify what I am looking at. Boils down to education. I am by no means an expert, but I am armed with more knowledge than the average collector. That knowledge helps me make my roll searching easier and a heck of a lot more fun.

I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and educating me. I do enjoy coin roll hunting and will keep looking! Thank you! :)

One never knows for sure on what one may find.
Just have to keep an open mind and think of what
may actually be possible to find and keep searching.
Die mismatches, transitionals, mules etc. along with
the DDO's/DDR's etc.
I still want a 1965 silver dime and quarter, 90% kenn. half
after 1964 and of course one of my favorites (that does not exist:) Yet :) That very elusive 1982-D small date copper cent. That's what I call my laugh er. Hey, let them laugh.
No harm in checking. As I have stated before "They" were convinced many years ago that the 1983 copper cent never even existed. Gotta go now and look for bigfoot :) That show on t.v. cracks me up. Now they are in every state in the union I guess. If I spot one it's one 30-06 round away
from my trophy room Oh, almost forgot. It's illegal to kill something that has not yet even been found to exist. Makes perfect sense.

Thanks for the link DrDon. I have a quick question: Does the G in this picture have a serif? I think it does but I'm no pro.




This question is for anyone.

Wow seal006, you must have been on a roll the last 6 months,in May you only had three total : https://goccf.com/t/83377&whichpage...chTerms=1988

Now I know where they went..I found 5 in 2011...none in 2012.

I've never even found one 1988 Transitional; and I go through at least $50 a week in cents. It's all luck I guess.