1989 Lincoln Cent With Falling Memorial

Well the microscope adventure did not go well. The pics all look like a cartoon.

Research suggests the answer is Split Plating. It can indeed happen on the Memorial too. I did not know that. I always thought it only showed at tops of devices by the rim.

The rock are showing Machine Doubling. Note how the affected areas you are looking at are on the edges of the design, also the metal is pushed a side, not raised higher then the devices.

Note how the devices are altered on the DDR on the building and the initials. They are enlarged, not reduced by flattening those areas.

Hey thanks for helping everybody. The 1988-1989 varieties listings sure are plentiful.what a nightmare! I have to take better regular pics of the Obverse cuz there is a die chip at the bottom of the 4th column and I think that is a marker for one of the DDOs which I was not even looking at, ha ha. It does not look like a DDO from the pics I took already tho. Anyway, I had to put it all away for awhile.

Now I'm trying to learn what the Memorial is supposed to look like normally by running a bunch under the cheap microscope. (I don't know what abnormal is unless I know what normal is ha ha).

I ran across this 1988 D LMC and under the microscope it looks like a double decorative ridge on the 1st roof? It is only 2mp cuz it is from the USB camera so.



Is that normal tho? Do you see what I am describing? The curvy decorative molding looks doubled? Let me know your thoughts. Thanks.

PS: In the process, I ran across a 1996 P 1993-D under the microscope too that had what appeared to be doubled columns everywhere, but when I looked up the varieties, I could not narrow down which variety cuz there are so many. I also was not sure if my eyes were playing tricks on me again cuz it looked so "cartoony". But before I can share pics to get help, I need to figure out how to take better regular HD pics cuz my current set up is not working well enough to find these kinds of details.

Makecents, thank you so much for taking the time to help me. Ever since you showed me how to look at the FG more closely, now I am obsessed with it. And thanks for the links to check the varieties too. I am flabbergasted at how many there are for 1988.

The Trail Die is something new for me to learn about too, so thank you so much!

Thanks coop for the graphic of the Memorial, it is so helpful! Now I am obsessed with finding a doubled Memorial.

I think I found a better way to take the HD pics so I will start a new thread as advised on the 1988 D possible DDR so I can find out what people know about that ridge. Then I have to find the 1993 D because I put it somewhere so as not to lose it. I suspect I will not find it for a while.