I've been looking at all the 88s and 89s and this is the first 89 that I found thst does not have the cross bar on the G. You can clearly see this in the pictures. I know there was a mix up in 1988, using the reverse die for 1989.
I posted a pic twice of the 89. I see what you're talking about with the images you provided. That helps out more. I noticed how far the tip of the G was but it having no cross bar, was throwing me off.