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I appreciate the feedback so far I'll take a picture of it in its normal position no angles and try to get as close and clear as I can.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm going to agree with Jim0815. The reverse shows signs of polishing. The fourth photo of your second post clearly shows the top of the "G" is offset as in the 006 reverse.
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New Member
United States
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There is a straight picture of the FG. If you guys are trying to determine if the top of the G lines up where the tongue would be it does it's hard to get it in the picture though at least for the magnifying glass. Lol  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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 To the Forum. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Catmech can we get a pic of AM from the word america, and TAT from states?
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United States
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Here's the picture you asked for of state in America. Thanks.  |
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New Member
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Here are the pictures of the A & M and TAT .   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks Catmech! Thanks to your new pics I can see some important things. Firstly, the A & M are rounded which is only on the RDV-005. Before someone comments the M has a flat left serrif. Both rdv 5 and 6 have that one flat. What concerns me is the center bar of the A, on RDV 6 the bar os thicker. I'm not sure if its a result of circ damage but that appears to be the normal thickness. At this point there is an incredibly easy way to determine this. If you are willing to make a small economic comitment $20, James Wiles from VariatyVista will attribute the coin. If he determines it to be RDV 5 he will list it as a major variaty on the site and send the coin and a COA with the coin that it is authentic, the variaty is authentic, and its the first one reported. If he determines it to be RDV 6 he will let you know via email and ship it back. If it comes back negative at least you have peace of mind and little economic shortfall. If it comes back positive the economic gain would be massive, and alert the community of the variaty. Its up to you at this point, I can contact another site member to give an opinion who is very good with Lincoln cents and have him take a look.
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Hi GrapeCollects,
I really appreciate you taking the time to look at the coin and I'd be very willing to send it to the other dedicated and get some peace of mind I'm going to give you my email address so you can contact me with the details on where to send the coin. As far as the A's are concerned the A's on my coin seem to dip down on the bar and our little thicker and the A's on the 1989 are straighter but we'll just let the expert take a look at it give me a shout out when you can appreciate your help.
Thank you,
Joseph.
Email address: catmech67@yahoo.com
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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How about an image of the Distance from column 12 to the rim Above and below the steps showing what we are seeing. This image is not help. No reference points around it. Something like this:  With the over polishing, it still looks like a 006. So you might have to match devices from another area. Like the 'AME' area. That would probably not be polished on the die yet. Edited by coop
01/05/2019 9:05 pm
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New Member
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I don't think it's polished it just looks that way when you get a close-up with a magnifying glass I I pulled another 1989 out of the same box of pennies that looks just as good.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@COOP distance pic  Edited by GrapeCollects
01/05/2019 10:00 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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When I say polished, I don't mean the coin was polished. The die that struck the coin was polished. When a die is over polished, the devices are thinner because the fields are reduced. The polishing reduced the letters on the rest of the coin. Note how much smaller the 'T' on cent is? The die that struck the coin was altered before the strike.  Note how the devices were reduced. That is what happened to your coin. The die that struck it was reduced by polishing. |
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Sorry Coop I misunderstood I get it now.
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