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Interesting. Did you purchase it or find it? If you purchased it I would check for it being a Magicians coin. If its real I was not aware of that Variety. I bet more people will chime in. |
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You have a normal 1989-D. What I think you are refering to is this, https://goccf.com/t/128392 I found it, a 1988-D RDV-006.2 awhile ago. John1  |
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Hello Amnight.....I also found a lincoln like yours.I had posted it on here as well.I was told it was an overpolished die or something like that....I diden't check into it any further.But still have the coin somewere around...lol.
There are a lot of experts on this site .Pretty much they always told me right about my coins I post on here....
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I thought the normal 1989 reverse is the FG that is fatter and closer to the memorial. This looks alot like a 1988 reverse to me. reference: http://richardlmiller.50megs.com/ |
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It does resemble the 1988 rev. initials. However, if you look closely at the bottom of the G on your coin you will notice a tiny bit of serif on it. Also how both the F and G are pretty even in looking real thin. Die Deterioration thinned out the initials so that the G resembles the 1988 G There are also other markers for this and the other reverse. Forgot though what they were :) |
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Jayman - I found this coin in a roll. monika - where was your coin minted? Indian1 - if you look at the link posted in Jaymans last post you will see that the FG initials are consistent with 1988. Here is another pic but zoomed in.  |
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Joey - I know it is not a RDV-006. I think it is a 1989 obverse with a 1988 reverse and not a 1988 obverse with a 1989 reverse.
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Here is your coin with known examples of a 1988(RDV-005) and a 1989(RDV-006). Noice how the upper curve doe not extend all the way to the right edge of the upright. You can also see evidence of a crossbar and a lower serif. An one of the biggest signs it is a normal 1989 is the F, look and see how much shorter the lower crossbar is compared to the top one. On the 1988 they are almost the same length. What you have is a normal 1989(RDV-006) which has been over polished.  |
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If the OP's coin was what he thinks it may be it would be a new find. I have found two coins just like this one over the years and was convinced that it was an 89 with the 88 Rev. I have to admit that the pics. do make a case for just that. I do look for the 006 also. I posted about it on here a few yrs. ago. Others have also I believe. May need to do some searching on older posts. All I know is that some of the pro's at the time had the explanation. I still had my doubts but ? It did come down to the attributes of the FG initials though as well as some other rev. markers to the best of my knowledge/recollection. The die pairing may be feasable if some of the 88 dies were not all destroyed. Even more so than how the 006 happened. Regardless, I let my two back into the wild. Maybe Charles D. or Mike Diamond or others may chime in here and fill in my blanks on this one. I'll look in the meantime. Still leaning towards just Die Deterioration though. Wished not but ? :) One more thing, mine were P's not D's. Another possible wrench into the works. |
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This is a good example of arguing after facts have been presented. I have found 3 Philly 1988 RDV-006, and 5 1988-D RDV-006. I am also credited with the discovery of WTRD-010 for a 1988-D. So yea, I have no idea what I am posting about.
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Amnight....my coin was no mintmark...(Philly)
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seal - a polished die would reduce the thickness of the letters? also it would buff away the crossbar on the inside of the G but leave the rest?
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also, monika has the same coin but from Philly does this mean that the die to her coin was polished too?
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Yes. They can polish devices in varying degrees from slightly to completely polishing out a device. It depends on how long the die lasted. There could have been clash marks they were trying to get rid of. There are so many factors. But the diagnostics I showed in the graphic I made are hard to argue against.
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