"early Release" Transition Varieties - How Common?

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kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 02/26/2019 8:00 pm This thread today http://goccf.com/t/341356 enabled me to learn that a Lincoln Cent reverse design change intended for 1989 was actually implemented in 1988 using a handful of new dies, creating an "early release" transition variety. It caused me to wonder - how common was it that a design change attributed to a particular year actually appeared the prior year on a small number of coins, creating a scarce type? This Wexler article http://doubleddie.com/58348.html lists some of them, but not all are an "early release". What I see as "early release" are: 1988 cent "reverse of 1989". 1992 cent "reverse of 1993" " Close AM". 1964-D quarter Type C "reverse of 1965". Wexler then lists a couple more that are "late to the party" varieties: 1940 nickel "reverse of 1938". 2008-W ASE "reverse of 2007". Are there more? I find the "early release" ones particularly intriguing for some reason, but I suppose both the early and late ones fundamentally have the same explanation - they had the dies so they used them. Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 02/26/2019 8:22 pm Reverse of 1970 on Dimes: Report this Post to the Staff
CoinHunter27 Pillar of the Community United States 5887 Posts	Posted 02/26/2019 8:30 pm The dimes Mr. Coop is talking about, in case your interested, have no extra premium unless in mint state or sold in bulk. Specifically the 1970-D dimes are very easy to locate. I still save them. -CH27 Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 75179 Posts	Posted 02/26/2019 8:48 pm They are not usually that common. The 1988 RDV-006 is pretty scarce. I have only found two of them so far. My first one I had was traded in a trade with Jim0815. The second one I found was in etheir high AU or in a low MS condition. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 02/26/2019 10:47 pm Thanks coop, an example of exactly what I was looking for! That's a strange one though - early relative to the circulation release, but late relative to the proof use. Makes me think a proof die escaped into regular production in 1969 and 1970, but that means it "escaped" from SF to Denver and Philadelphia. I've become interested in this from Barber dimes, where 1901 saw a mix of two reverse types, but there it seems intentional. 1901 also had both used for proofs, like your 1968 example. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 02/27/2019 4:27 pm Quote: Makes me think a proof die escaped into regular production in 1969 and 1970, but that means it "escaped" from SF to Denver and Philadelphia. All the dies were made in Philadelphia, it is more of an error in where the die was sent to and used. dies were hubbed using a hub intended for proof dies but which was then sent to the production line in Denver or Philadelphia. Same type error that resulted in the 1998, 99, and 2000 Wide AM cents, and the same mistake in reverse that created the 1998-S, and 1999-S Close AM proof cents. A die hubbed with the business strike hub was sent to San Francisco frosted, polished, and used to strike proofs. Report this Post to the Staff
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"Early Release" Transition Varieties - How Common?