anyone ever heard of a 1989-P No VDB lincoln cent?

tahoe98

......saw it on a list of "lincoln cents to look out for" on another forum board.

ocon4008

There is nothing listed on coppercoins.com

But I found this on Ebay: 1989 No VDB

mkman123

This?

http://www.collectorscorner.org/pocket.html

Neat page, didn't know about some of the stuff they were saying to check.

joeyuk

link

tahoe98

........i have that site on my favorites but forgot to check it!

GrumpyEd

It's from too much polishing, not truly worth a premium.
Sort of like the over-polished ones where the vest merges into the field.

goose3

yes. I think I used to own one from way back that was in an old PCI holder or something.

AUandAG

Kind of like these?

bob

tahoe98

.....i e-mailed Charles D. Daughtrey and asked him about this coin and here is his response.

"There is at least one die on which the VDB initials were polished off the
> die during use, and some of the resulting coins showed this flaw. Â Thing
> is, this is relatively common and happened on many years' cents. Â Why
> 1989
> was the one that received the dealer hype I'm not sure, but that's all the
> coins were, and very seldom sell at a premium today."
>
> Chuck
>

mkman123

I was hoping someone was gonna say its worth a ton of money because at the local coin store they have one in a old PCI holder.

cladking

It might be mere coincidence but there's an '89 in the mint
set that has the VDB in very very low relief. It looks like a
hubbing issue since the entire obverse is affected. This die
might have been retired to strike circulation coins and be the
one that lost the initials.

I've seen only a few of these and don't have a good feel for
their incidence (in mint sets). I'd guess it's in the .3% vicinity.

Batman23

Like this one?

cladking

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I can't tell from the picture but it's at least similar.