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New '89-D cent variety?
cladking
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I found a couple real odd-balls in some mint set rolls.
The engraver's initials are missing on the bottom half possibly suggesting
some kind of hubbing problem but there's a lot more going on and I need
expert opinion on it. The lettering on IGWT tapers in width toward the top
of the letters. They appear somewhat smaller than on other coins. The D
mint mark is a little lower and tilts forward probably constituting a die char-
acteristic.
I wouldn't find any of this to be of particular note except the same thing is
going on with the reverse to a little lesser degree!! It seems remarkable
that two botched dies would just happen to find themselves together. This
appears to be scarce enough that it could have escaped detection or perhaps
other collectors just don't find these of interest. The effect is fairly dramatic
though, especially on the obverse.
A couple other thngs if anyone's interested; The '89-D cent will be lost in
the mint set before many years are out. This, unfortunately, applies espec-
ially to the well struck gems. It appears that fresh dies just sheered the
metal above USA on the reverse. This is worst above the second T in STATES.
The zinc is exposed on a high percentage of these coins. Make your goodbys
now because they will be the next mint set coin to be unavailable.
Another observation; These aren't nearly as nice as some of the other D
mint coins of that era. PL's aren't especially scarce but aren't as PL and are
usually marked. Superb coins account for only about 3% of the issue and
the half that are PL have their days numbered in many cases.
The engraver's initials are missing on the bottom half possibly suggesting
some kind of hubbing problem but there's a lot more going on and I need
expert opinion on it. The lettering on IGWT tapers in width toward the top
of the letters. They appear somewhat smaller than on other coins. The D
mint mark is a little lower and tilts forward probably constituting a die char-
acteristic.
I wouldn't find any of this to be of particular note except the same thing is
going on with the reverse to a little lesser degree!! It seems remarkable
that two botched dies would just happen to find themselves together. This
appears to be scarce enough that it could have escaped detection or perhaps
other collectors just don't find these of interest. The effect is fairly dramatic
though, especially on the obverse.
A couple other thngs if anyone's interested; The '89-D cent will be lost in
the mint set before many years are out. This, unfortunately, applies espec-
ially to the well struck gems. It appears that fresh dies just sheered the
metal above USA on the reverse. This is worst above the second T in STATES.
The zinc is exposed on a high percentage of these coins. Make your goodbys
now because they will be the next mint set coin to be unavailable.
Another observation; These aren't nearly as nice as some of the other D
mint coins of that era. PL's aren't especially scarce but aren't as PL and are
usually marked. Superb coins account for only about 3% of the issue and
the half that are PL have their days numbered in many cases.
tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
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<< <i>That's the second mention of the missing VDB today. Rampage has one.
http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=620740&highlight_key=y&keyword1=1989 >>
Very interesting and quite a coincidence.
Link to thread.