Lincoln Variety collectors

From posts on a couple other forums this morning it appears that a sixth example of the 1988 transitional variety has been discovered in North Carolina.

 

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Interesting! Do they mention if it's the same die as one of the other two known dies?

 

He said that he's not sure.

 

Well I guess that no others from Denver have surfaced. I haven't heard anyway.:smile

 

This find should create more interest and get more people looking!

 

Wrong metal 1940 cent

I have a 1940 cent which has been analyzed spectroscopically -
WEIGHT:
C K - 11.38%
O K - 3.7%
Cu - 65.78%
Zn - 13.42%
Sn - 5.75%

The first 2 should be disregarded - these are constant features of the Scanner - leaving a brassy-coloured alloy with a high zinc content. I have print-outs of the full results.

It has been slabbed by PCGS - 'Mint Error - Improper Metal Mixture. XF40.'

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These can be emailed - frmnmich@aol.com.
To be auctioned in eBay early next year, unless previously sold.

 

MAYBE MEANT TO BE IN ANOTHER THREAD???

 

I think so. This thread is about the 1988 transitional varieties. Both the Philadephia AND Denver versions.

 

Transitional Variety for sale

The only known example to date of the transitional variety from die#2 of the 1988 RDV-006(reverse design of 1989) has been put up for sale :

http://cgi.ebay.com/1988-P-RDV-006-...goryZ524QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

To date there have only been five examples from die#1 found and only one Dever specimen. If you are interested in a true modern rarity, this is the one.

 

You know I will be watching this one.

 

Sorry - I thought the tread was about Lincoln cents in general.
I didn't realize it was so specific.