1984D mixed bag

[AstroRaider]

Here is a peculiar example of a 1984D Lincoln Memorial Cent.

There appears to be a mixed bag of things going on...

First, the surface is kinda' cruddy. There is a large corrosion ring around the mint mark. It took a hit or two.

There is some bubbling around the "8" giving a false appearance of another "8".

But, I think it may actually bear an RPM.

What do you think?

http://www.lincolncentforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=103755&stc=1

[Magers]

The pic is a little blurry, but from the looks of the date I'm thinking it's MD. It all seems to be going that direction.

[jfines69]

looks almost like baby 8 :LOL_Hair: With the corrosion I can not tell about the MM... I think the rest is MD, plating issues and die wear!!!

[willbrooks]

I'm not picking up anything definitive, Allan. It looks fat, but that looks like circulation damage to me in your picture. The upper serif look like it might have a split, but again, that could also be the result of hits. Any way you can get a clearer closer picture of the MM?

[AstroRaider]

Since this coin has no premium, I decided (for the sake of experiment) to soak it in distilled water, then do a quick acetone wash (to remove the corrosion).

The poor thing looks like the lunar surface. It has had several hits. I used a toothpick to try to burst any gas bubbles (inside the 8 and elsewhere).

It is a mess, but it still kinda' looks like it used to be an RPM.

http://www.lincolncentforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=103765&stc=1

[jfines69]

That cleaned up fairly good... There does appear to be a vertical bar inside the MM and a bump just outside the NE corner... Still to messed up to be for sure tho... Looks more like Mars than the moon :LOL_Hair: