1973 (D) Lincoln Memorial Cent - SKH-1c-1973D-07 Spiked Head

Description

Cataloged on June 10, 2021, by the Cuds on Coins attribution team, SKH-1c-1973D-07 is the seventh spiked head variety documented for the 1973 Denver Mint Lincoln Memorial cent. No cross-references have been established with other attribution services. The June 2021 date places this entry approximately six months after the sixth variety (December 2020), maintaining a roughly semi-annual discovery pace that characterized the 2020-2021 expansion of the 1973-D spiked head catalog. Under these conditions, the probability of fatigue crack initiation at the die cavity's deepest point — Lincoln's portrait apex — increases substantially over the die's operational lifetime. SKH-1c-1973D-07 documents another die that reached this failure threshold, producing coins with the characteristic raised spike at the top of Lincoln's head.

Cross References

• Cross reference: none. 06/10/2021.

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