1972 Lincoln Memorial Cent - SKH-1c-1972-05 Spiked Head

Description

Attributed on January 12, 2017, by the Cuds on Coins team, SKH-1c-1972-05 marks the fifth documented spiked head for the 1972 Philadelphia Lincoln Memorial cent and the first attribution for this date recorded in 2017. No cross-references to external catalogs have been established. The January 2017 date follows the October 2016 attribution of SKH-1c-1972-04 by approximately three months, maintaining the consistent pace of new discoveries that characterized the buildup of the 1972-P spiked head catalog during this period. For collectors assembling a specialized collection of 1972-P spiked head varieties, SKH-1c-1972-05 represents an entry from the middle period of catalog documentation (2017), by which point the attribution team had developed considerable experience in distinguishing new varieties from previously documented ones. The identification methodology requires careful comparison of spike geometry against all earlier catalog entries to ensure a given specimen represents a genuinely new die rather than a die-state variant of a previously attributed one.

Cross References

• Cross reference: none. 01/12/2017.

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