Posted 02/04/2017 10:14 am
Some grading companies used to grade these. But all of a sudden quit doing so. They may have considered the cause and realized it was not an omission of the letters, but that they were polished off the die. (die abrasion) When you look at the columns you will see they are distorted and smaller in size than normal because of the over polishing of the dies. I don't collect these, but so do.
Others to watch out for 1989 cent, 1990-D nickel, 1988 nickel, and 1966, 1973, 1982, 1972-D halves. It's even better to find missing mintmarks, like the 1982 dime and the 1989 quarter. Those are the business strikes released for circulation.
