1988D RDV-006 "Discovery Piece"!!

[mrhaz]

1988D RDV-006 "Discovery Piece"!!

(I posted this in the coins forum, but since it was found coin roll hunting I wanted to post it here too)

I started coin roll hunting a few months ago to put together some Harris folders for my 8 year old Granson AJ. Naturally, looking for errors and varieties followed soon after. I purchased a copy of "Strike it Rich With Pocket Change" to help me identify different errors and such. Well, a few weeks ago I hit the jackpot! I found the 8th die variety of a 1988D penny with a 1989 reverse. To date, it has been verified by Billy Crawford, and is presently in John Wexler's hands to be added to his listings. Once I have it back it goes out to get graded and slabbed. Here is a link to Billy's current listings of these die varieties:

http://www.dvnmagazine.com/1988dtransitionallistings.html

My example is about 3/4 of the way down the page # 1988-D CTRD-008

Just goes to show you that looking through a several thousand pennies a week sometimes pays off! Good luck hunting! Bill

 

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[BuffaloBoy]

Re: 1988D RDV-006 "Discovery Piece"!!

Nice score, you have better eyes than me!! May I ask how rare a vareity of that kind is, and what it could be worth? I am not into many errors.

 

[mrhaz]

Re: 1988D RDV-006 "Discovery Piece"!!

BuffaloBoy, this error-variety was first dicovered in 2007. Last week, the 9th die paring was discovered. Mine was the 8th. It is hard to say how many of each die pairing exists, but more are discovered once in awhile. Here is a link that may help everyone understand what to search for! Hard to say what the value is but there was one on fleabay awhile ago for $1,000. Don't know if that price was realized or not, but they are kinda rare at this point. Good luck hunting!

http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Featured/1988RDV6.html

 

[BuffaloBoy]

Re: 1988D RDV-006 "Discovery Piece"!!

very interesting!! thanks for the link!

 

[mrhaz]

Re: 1988D RDV-006 "Discovery Piece"!!

Just an update on this coin. I got it back from ANACS the other day with a MS 63 RD grade! That makes it the Top Pop of all the examples found to date! Good luck in your hunting eveyone cuz they are out there waiting for you!!