1960 Lincoln Memorial Cent - Proof Large Date - PR-1DER-001T Trail Die Reverse

Description

1960PR(LD)-1DER-001T is a 1960 proof Lincoln cent of the Large Date variety whose reverse die has trails. TrailDies' number puts the date, PR for proof and LD for Large Date first, then the cent (1), a reverse design extension (DER), the first file and the T that marks trails. The lines leave the designer's initials, FG, to the lower right of the Memorial, and head east-southeast at 110°. A die scratch through the stylobate and the base below the twelfth column helps confirm the die, at a middle die state (stage B). TrailDies credits Robert M. Pelletier with the find. Trails are usually blamed on polishing the die with a rotary tool; some attribute them to the die moving against the hub.

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