Some 1989 Lincoln Reverse close ups + 1 1988 RDV-005/RDV-006's?

kevinstang

I think I know the answer after checking out VarietyVista's web site again, the so called discovery of 1989 with the RDV-005 used on 1988's and before, was a not- just an abraded die variety of the RDV-006. But I did find a couple of ones that had me thinking I might have found one or two while roll searching the last few weeks. Here's what I got:



I think I see where the tails were removed from the G on the above coin, after viewing under the microscope.




Now this coin its not so apparent, both the F and G are quite strong and don't appear to have been worked over to much, but I will leave up to any experts who want to chime in.




This coin has a really weak and mushy reverse, through the loupe this one appeared to be tail less, but under scope its hard to make out anything.

All the above coins were 1989's, but I did find the below 1988 while searching as well (looking for those to have the reverse of '89). Grease either filled the initials in or the die was abraded, as the intials are just barely visible on this coin:

frnklnlvr

The first two photos look like the RDV-006 but I can't really tell on the last two. Since these were discovered I've checked every 1988 and 1989 P&D I've come across and still haven't found one. They seem to be pretty scarce.

Snowman24

Sorry - they all look like normal reverses

here is some comments i made last year on Link1 & Link2, but check out Link3 - many topics on the RDV-006 & others varities

Link1

Link2 too bad the pics are gone

Link3 the Lincoln lovers over Lincoln Cent Resource should be able to help if you have more questions