Questions on 1989 Transitional Variety with 1988 Reverse???

[Novicetoerr]

Hi ALL!

Have read the short thread on this subject and assumed none has been offically listed yet. Coins found were "declared" non-legit coming from
die with actually abraded 1989 "FG" initials, that made them look as the 1988 design.

Can above possibly be legit coins if an old 1988 Reverse Die/or hub with old Design was used, then the "FG" initials intentionally abraded to make them look like the re-designed "flared 1989 FG" leaving abrasion marks? Further, will it be possible to see a 1988 coin (without abrasion) and a 1989 coin (with abrasion) from the same die with identifiable uique markers? And
possibly see a 1989 coin with 1988 FG initial without abrasion?

Thankks again,
NVTEs

[mustbebob]

Seems very unlikely and like an awful lot for mint employees to do rather than just changing the die out to the proper one which would be the proper procedure. The time it would take to intentionally abrade a die is both counterproductive and not what mint employees are supposed to do upon discovery of an error. We assume that since the 1988 coins with the transitional reverse weren't found for several years after the coins were already released, that the quality control step at the mint failed, and it wasn't known about. The 1989 dies with the abraded designers initials also show the polishing on other areas of the die. This is common for dies reused after polishing to remove clash marks and other minor problems.

[Snowman]

with regards to your question on the 89's - its seems that alot of collectors are putting the emphasis on only the "FG" but actually the font on the rest of the reverse is also different

if you take a bunch of 86-88 & 89-92 's you can actually see the difference in the font styles - this is what i based my find on sending the 1st one to Dr Wiles instead of only the "FG" but Frank Gasparro initials is another or best way to spot one

SNowman