1960 Lincoln Memorial Cent - Large Date - RIDB-1c-1960-03(LD) Retained Interior Die Break

Description

The 1960 Large Date Lincoln Memorial cent cataloged as RIDB-1c-1960-03(LD) was struck at Philadelphia from an obverse die with a retained interior die break. Cuds on Coins assigns it sequence number 03 among its 1960 retained interior die breaks, with (LD) for Large Date and no mint letter for Philadelphia. The defect begins when a section of the die face away from the rim cracks free; the surrounding die keeps it from falling out, and it usually drops a little into the die. On the coin, the section reads as a raised plateau that keeps its design, bounded by a sudden step down to the design around it.

Cross References

• Cross reference: none. 01/16/2017.

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