1989 Penny - I Can't Figure This One Out

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GardenGirl New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 01/12/2023 7:44 pm I honestly can't figure this penny out--mostly about what's going on around the word "Liberty" (particularly the first four letters), but also around Lincoln's head, some of the letters of "In God We Trust," and a couple of letters on the back. Any expert eyes that can give me a better understanding? Thanks. Report this Post to the Staff

Dearborn Moderator United States 96250 Posts	Posted 01/12/2023 7:51 pm Very nice pictures you posted. Thanks for that. What we see on this coin is DDD or die deuteriation doubling. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 01/12/2023 8:02 pm to the CCF and DDD Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10038 Posts	Posted 01/12/2023 9:10 pm and also. BTW, a bit more help to save you time: If you want to catch a rainbow trout, you need to know what a rainbow trout is. If you want to find an error coin, you have to know what an actual mint error is. Most odd looking things on coins are just post mint damage ( PMD) Save Yourself time, effort, and disappointment...don't learn the coin hobby backwards. Looking for random anomalies on coins and hoping they match up to something collectable will take you a lot more time, wasted effort, and disappointment repeatedly finding out you have nothing but post mint damage or useless Machine Doubling, Die Deterioration, etc. Spend some initial time at places like error-ref.com, doubleddie.com, varietyvista.com, conecaonline.org, coppercoins.com etc. to find what actual and collectable coin errors look like. A good way to start is, for instance, separate a bunch of pennies by date. Go to varietyvista.com and, date by date, use the reference there to see what errors are known for that specific coin/mint mark. Look for those specific errors/varieties using the pictures provided. After doing this for awhile you will KNOW what an actual error looks like and not have to waste time on face value and damaged coins. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Edited by Earle42 01/12/2023 9:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19159 Posts	Posted 01/12/2023 9:26 pm I'm sensing Die Deterioration with this one. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96250 Posts	Posted 01/12/2023 9:47 pm Quote: I'm sensing Die Deterioration with this one. umm.. Using the force Ijn? Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
GardenGirl New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 01/12/2023 11:33 pm Thank you all for your replies. I appreciate it. I'm not a total newbie, just new to this forum. This one wasn't clear to me, since the 'flows' didn't look like they usually do. So I really appreciate the clarification from more expert eyes. It looks like some of you started collecting corns before I was even born. And I do know what I'm looking for, in general, if I were only looking for coins to sell. I have a list of the most common error and variety coins to look for. But I do enjoy looking at other coins to, just to see things. It's a hobby and I enjoy it. And I learn things by looking at coins that aren't on the typical lists. This one just took me by surprise, and I thought it would be a good one to expand my understanding. Many thanks. Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 01/12/2023 11:43 pm To the Forum . Report this Post to the Staff
GardenGirl New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 01/12/2023 11:44 pm Coins. I meant coins. Not corns. One last question--is the DDD also the reason that the LIB look smaller than the ERTY, and why they look like they're sitting kind of to the left, as though they're a bit separate from the ERTY? Again, I know what mint errors and varieties I'm supposed to be looking for. I've watched lots of YT videos and now I'm just enjoying looking at lots of different coins to see what all the 'other' things that can go wrong look like. I know this isn't on the usual lists. I just really do love to understand all the 'whys' and I like to look at different coins, and this one has intrigued me. Thanks. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/13/2023 04:45 am GardenGirl, Don't trust everything you see on YT. Here is a good link that you may not be aware of:http://www.error-ref.com/ John1 Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15437 Posts	Posted 01/13/2023 04:48 am to the CCF Nice clear photos - we appreciate that and it shows your collecting experience. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188660 Posts	Posted 01/14/2023 10:15 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
silviosi Pillar of the Community Canada 6244 Posts	Posted 01/14/2023 10:53 pm @ GardenGirl, good observation from the point of view for Liberty. Mean you are able to see small differences on design variations. The variety 1987 till 1989 was like this. All the coins are as your. I think Variety Vista must have the ODV's and RDV's for penny and cents. Report this Post to the Staff
HotCoins13 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 01/15/2023 09:54 am Not roasting you, Gardengirl, and I know it was a mistake bc it happens to us all, but I did like the corns thing, lol. Report this Post to the Staff
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