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1984-D penny
My husband just gave me a 1984-D penny to look over. I know nothing
about pennies, but when I compared it to several other pennies I have, some differences jumped out. The columns and lettering are very thin. There is a separation between the A and M, but it may be because the lettering is fine. I put the penny on abpn for anyone who is interested. The 1984-D penny is the picture on top. A later date D penny is included at the bottom for comparison. Is this a common thing? Anita |
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On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 23:07:01 GMT, Anita wrote:
My husband just gave me a 1984-D penny to look over. I know nothing about pennies, but when I compared it to several other pennies I have, some differences jumped out. The columns and lettering are very thin. There is a separation between the A and M, but it may be because the lettering is fine. I put the penny on abpn for anyone who is interested. The 1984-D penny is the picture on top. A later date D penny is included at the bottom for comparison. Is this a common thing? Anita Unfortunately, we don't get the binaries newsgroup here in Switzerland to which you posted the pictures. Just going by the Red Book here, since I was never lucky enough to actually hold any of the coin varieties discussed here... There are 1998 and later cents with the wide AM, but the Red Book says these were all minted from proof dies which show this anomaly. All of these are Philadelphia, apparently, although all the "real" proofs minted during those years have an "S" mint mark. You might want to hunt around for a 1984 proof Lincoln for comparison. -- Bob Hairgrove |
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On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 00:17:14 +0100, Bob Hairgrove
wrote: .... There are 1998 and later cents with the wide AM, but the Red Book says these were all minted from proof dies which show this anomaly. All of these are Philadelphia, apparently, although all the "real" proofs minted during those years have an "S" mint mark. You might want to hunt around for a 1984 proof Lincoln for comparison. This coin is definitely the wrong year and mint for Type II. Maybe this is a "thin column" variety, analogous to the Wisconsin quarter "fat leaf" variety :-) I am very penny illiterate, so I don't know if this is a common characteristic of many pennies from the D mint of the year. The strike is very good, but the lines are very thin. I also just noticed that the "L" of libery on the obverse is missing. It doesn't look like wear, either. It just looks like it isn't there. Anita |
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"Anita" wrote in message news My husband just gave me a 1984-D penny to look over. I know nothing about pennies, but when I compared it to several other pennies I have, some differences jumped out. The columns and lettering are very thin. There is a separation between the A and M, but it may be because the lettering is fine. I put the penny on abpn for anyone who is interested. The 1984-D penny is the picture on top. A later date D penny is included at the bottom for comparison. Is this a common thing? Anita minor variations are sometimes made from year to year. How does it compare to another 1984 D? -- Michael R AKA mrae7 on Ebay/Yahoo ANA #173222 |
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Correction: the "L" of liberty is there, but it is very faint.
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On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 17:29:21 -0600, "Michael R" mrcoinatcomcastdotnet
wrote: .... minor variations are sometimes made from year to year. How does it compare to another 1984 D? I don't have one around, so I can't tell. The closest coin I had in appearance was the 1997-D. No telling when I'll be getting another 1984-D penny. Anita |
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This page from the penny.org site may help answer my question about
the 1984-D penny pictured in abpn. http://www.pennies.org/history/ten.html So the answer appears to be: common but interesting. Anita |
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Anita wrote:
This page from the penny.org site may help answer my question about the 1984-D penny pictured in abpn. http://www.pennies.org/history/ten.html So the answer appears to be: common but interesting. Anita Yee Haw! I Am a Wealthy Man! ;-) Actually, now that I've had a chance to go through about half of the Joy Fogel cents, I'm ready to say that there is no such thing as a bad penny roll. ;-) 2 1960 BU's, a 1968-S, and more BU 1981-1984 cents than I've seen in a long time! I only keep the very best and throw the rest of those applicants back into commerce. Alan 'nasty headmaster of the numismatic orphanage' |
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