I Could Use Your Help.

I am relatively new to this hobby so there are a lot of things that I have not been exposed to yet. Over the past year, I have become fond of mint and proof sets. I like them because I have an example of every coin to study and I tend to stay on task by learning one year at a time.

A couple of nights ago, I was randomly looking through my coins and this 1987-S Lincoln Memorial cent caught my attention. I have had it for a while but I never noticed anything unusual about it. Here are my problems:

1.) I have looked everywhere for relevant information that would reference this coin but I can not find any. I came up short looking in my RedBook, Bluebook and Book of Lincoln Cents. I have not been able to find one example of a 1987-S error penny on the web.

2.) There are what appear to be doubling errors on the obverse and reverse of this penny. I have not read very much about Mint operations so I can not speculate about the cause or type of failures I see.
OBVERSE: Doubling present on Date, In God We Trust and Liberty. There are visible faults on the mint mark and along the bust of Lincoln.
REVERSE: Doubling present on ONE CENT, United States of America and barely visible on E. Pluribus Unum. A fault is present around the exterior of the Lincoln Memorial.

Please view the photos and let me know what you think.

Thank you,












Clinton


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