1986 D Lincoln Memorial Cent. D/D Mintmark? S/D?

Homer said, "It's almost like looking up into the sky and making something of the clouds."

I'll have to agree; particularly if the "D" is surrounded with what looks like corrosion. I can see a mini-D above the "D," too.

Jim

Die wear on the MM is apparent to me. I see a possible S but it could but it's too faint to be certain of anything. Still, the possiblity exists. I'd like to know what CC thinks.

There is more going on than meets the eye...Can you take a full picture of the obverse with good size and clarity? Something in the milk isn't clean. What is going on just above the MM and through the date?

OK, boy did I stir up a pot, a W or could it be a 3 or maybe a D or an S. OK, I am going to show you the full obverse, only thing is: I can't get a close up, my software program will not allow, so if you have a good software program, perhaps you can enhance. Next post will be obverse. This is driving me NUTS....

Looks more like the eyes are playing connect the dots. Why would a W or S or D to the West even be there? The dies were hubbed without them except for the mint mark punched. The 4 that looks like it is there can't be as the size of the 4 is way to small to be anything. The die gouges in the fields are nothing. The coin appears rough like it has poor plating over a bad rinse. The mark on the tail of the 9 is die wear/plating moving. So all I see is a regular coin. They eyes can play the game of connect the dots. When the size of the letter/numbers are too large or too small, they can't be what it appears to be. I think you are looking to hard to find something that isn't there.

I tried to magnify your obverse and it just doesn't have the resolution to do that. I did however put a couple of you other pics into photoshop and was able to get better looks. There is definitely a "WS" but I noticed the what looks like a "4" may not be. Rather, it looks more like part of an "E" where the vertical part is under the MM and you can only see the horizontal bars sticking out. There also appears to be other characters in front of the "E" which are under the MM.

It has to be some sort of die clash but with what, I have no clue. The top picture best shows what I am looking at.

During the 1982-89 era it was common to find these bumps. There were from a poor rinse before plating. After plating these show up as bumps and some get pretty scary. Some may compare it to peppered look, but I refer it as orange rind.

Some can be minor or covered as the images show.