1988-P RDV-006, Die 2

Congrats! Another forum member found something rare!

nice find
what is the value of it. I see they didn't put that up only that there are only one known if I am reading it correct
Gary

Nice Find,

I just want to clarify so there is no confusion. I think you meant to put 1988 -P as the subject not D. I don't think any of these have surfaced on D mint 1988 pieces yet:-)

BUT...I am trying to find some:-)

Thanks,
Bill

So the flared G has the "tail" on the southeast?

Congrats on your find! I'm glad you found this, it's like another treasure to hunt for when searching through rolls.

Just to make sure of some things:
So anything below 1989 with flared initials are the ones to keep?
Is the picture shown in the link your coin, or another?

so now we have a member that has found the First coin of its kind and another member that has found the Second of its kind, pretty cool for such a small forum (compared to other larger forums where you just don't see this kind of thing)

Thank you Bryan....Yes it was quite a shock to have found this in the small town I live in, I looked at the whole vault from our town bank $350.00 worth and I also found a 1999-P Wide AM.....and so much other great stuff.

Patrick

Sleaklight,
First of all the coin is a very RARE transitional die that means it is a RDV-006 and this die was used in the following year 1989. So the designer's initals has the flared G instead of the RDV-005 reverse. If you go to the variety vista site and click on the Lincoln Cent rdv's and go to the one with the year 1989 you will see the difference in the intials. Look on my coin there at the close up of the designer's intials and you will see it is thicker also. I hope this helps you also to know what you are looking for. Happy hunting.

Patrick