Lincoln Experts! Help, Please on a 1990-D

morganbarber

I was goin through some change and found a 1990-D Lincoln with doubling on the date and mint mark. It does not look like strike doubling to me. The second nine is the most dramatically doubled, but the entire date, MM, and "ST" of "Trust" show doubling. Is this a known die variety, or just die condition?

Steve

Steve, can you post a picture? I, personally never heard of one. Steve

millennium

I'd like to see a pic too, Steve..Steve

Manorcourtman

Sorry but no 90d DD have been recognized on the Coneca website. Anytime I hear Doubled date and mintmark I immediately consider it a simple machine doubling example. Don't mean to rain on your parade. Keep looking!!

M

coppercoins

<< <i>Sorry but no 90d DD have been recognized on the Coneca website. Anytime I hear Doubled date and mintmark I immediately consider it a simple machine doubling example. Don't mean to rain on your parade. Keep looking!!

M >>



Because they have not been examined and given die numbers by CONECA means little of nothing. CONECA returns a large number of true die varieties as "too minor to list" for one reason or another, but most of the time they are not too minor to list. Many collectors have lost hope that CONECA will ever get it together.

As for the coin in question here, it is true that no 1990D doubled dies have been reported, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. Somebody has to be the first to report it. If I could see a photo of the coin that's good enough to see the doubling I could tell you one way or the other.

cladking

There will be a lot more varieties to come to light for coins in the 1965 to '95 era. It
is true, though, that many coins which appear to be legitimate varieties turn out to not
be. Many of these coins are still very understudied and in some cases the entire pop-
ulation probably went into circulation. It can be despecially difficult to verify coins which
are circulated. Good luck.

Conder101

We really need a picture. The zinc cents tend to suffer frequently from die fatigue or die wear doubling as well as machine doubling. Chances are good it is one of these two forms of doubling.

Dennis88

Pic is the only real way to tell.....

Dennis