SKH-1c-1968D-05 Spiked Head

Description

Cataloged as SKH-1c-1968D-05, this fifth spiked head variety for the 1968-D Lincoln cent is cross-referenced to the Cohen Index as 68D-83 and was documented on 05/22/2020. The documentation date of 2020 — more than fifty years after the coins were struck — demonstrates that variety research is a perpetually ongoing endeavor, with new discoveries surfacing from circulation finds, estate collections, and bulk lots decades after production. The Cohen 68D-83 designation, placing this in the eighty-third spiked head grouping for the 1968-D date, confirms that the catalog of known spiked heads for this single date and mint extends well beyond eighty varieties. This remarkable depth of documentation reflects both the enormous die population consumed by Denver's cent production in 1968 and the dedicated community of specialists who systematically examine coins from this era. Spiked heads have become one of the most accessible areas of Lincoln cent variety collecting: they require no specialized equipment beyond a basic loupe, they span virtually every date in the series, and they offer the satisfaction of matching a specific coin to a specific cataloged die with its own unique fracture history. The 1968-D cent was the first Denver Mint cent with a D mint mark since 1964, after the three-year Coinage Act of 1965 moratorium. Attributed by Cuds on Coins. Struck on a 3.11-gram, 19mm planchet of 95% copper and 5% zinc at the Denver Mint.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Mike Durney
• Cross reference: Cohen Index 68D-83. 05/22/2020.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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