During my roll searching I found a couple of 1989D pennies but this one was most prominent so I kept it and took photos to post for verification. Is this split plate doubling?
I can't tell you exactly what it is, however I've found a few 89's like this, one even had a 3rd ripple on the outside of the 8 on the date, but I got told by a few people that it's nothing worth a premium or anything rare. Definitely curious to see exactly what causes this and what it's called...
I saw your post and that is where I noticed the "split plate doubling" mentioned and the commonness in the 80's and 90's Lincolns. Just wanted to see if my pics were also the same as what you had. It's fun searching though! :yes:
The obverse side feels almost indented....so it might even be PMD....where someone took a whole bunch of them and did whatever to try and fool the mint into thinking there was an error.
My opinion is that this coin was struck with a worn out die. I have a few of these and they appear to be from the same die as your's so this is why I think they are from a worn out die. the sunken in area near the date was caused by a warped die . this also may be what caused the date to appear doubled. The part that looks like a extra mintmark is probably what we call zinc rot and the zinc is showing thru , the raised area in front of the ear is probably also zinc rot and making the copper plating swell out.
I would agree with rascal, die deterioration doubling. With split plating doubling the "doubled" image is usually the silver gray color of the zinc inside. The plating has literally split at the base of the letter/figure and has been stretch away laterally leaving an outline of the letter in the gray zinc.
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