1987 (D) Lincoln Memorial Cent - D-1DEO-003T Trail Die Obverse
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Discovered by
Jeremy Gardner
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Trail Dies
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Description
1987D-1DEO-003T has very faint trails from the T, R, U and S of TRUST, angled toward 300°, west-northwest, up and to the left. The number marks a 1987 Denver cent (1987D, 1) whose obverse (DEO) has trails (T); 003 is the file number. TrailDies' coin is graded LDS, stage C. A small gouge sits above the 7 of the date, and on the reverse a small die dot lies below the second U of PLURIBUS. Jeremy Gardner found the die. The usual view of trails is that they come from the die being polished with a rotary buff; a minority attributes them to the die moving against the hub.
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This die was found by Jeremy Gardner.
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