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1988 Transitional Penny Is It? Please Help.

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Is this 1988 transitional penny, please help. thanks.
Also crack goes through "I" in "UNITED".

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 Posted 06/07/2014  9:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Rackster to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
RDV006 - flat devices and the flared 'G'. Nice find!
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 Posted 06/07/2014  9:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add khasil to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
thank you.
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That is a die crack and yes it runs over the "I". This happens because the die is cracked leaving a negative of this on the die. The negative is turned into a positive on a coin. So it would be raised.

On die scratches/gouges, these will show in the fields and will not show on the devices. This is because the outside part of the die (The fields) gets polished and leaves these die scratches on the fields. The devices are deeper into the die and are not usually affected by die polishing. Thus a die scratch looks like it went behind the device.
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 Posted 06/08/2014  2:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dar to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice!

I have one of these and put it in a 2 x 2 because I liked it but Did Not know it was a trans until now.

Thank you, That's why I LOVE this place and it's members!

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Thank you very much.
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Technically it is not a "transitional"
A Transitional Error occurs when a coin is
struck on a planchet from a previous year with different metal composition.
It is a die variety. In this case a reverse die variety.
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A 1983 copper cent would be a great example.
So many of them out there
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I wondered about 1983 coppers, but to be honest, I haven't been checking. Not to hijack the thread, but are they really that common?
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No, I was just funnin. They are super rare.
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That's why we are here: to have fun! Well I can put that on the list of impossible finds and hope like heck.
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Nice find! Still lookin' for one of those.
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It is a very nice find
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Dar, pics?
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Thanks guys, it's been fun.
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I will look for it.
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