1989 (P) Lincoln Memorial Cent - P-1DER-003WS Trail Die Reverse

Description

On 1989P-1DER-003WS the stairs bend moderately under columns 5 to 9, more on the left, and fluting from columns 11 and 12 enters the stylobate lightly to moderately. TrailDies heads the entry with 180°, straight down the coin. The code is read as 1989 Philadelphia, cent (1), design extension reverse (DER), file 003 and WS for wavy steps, the bowed look of steps crossed by trail lines. Middle-die-state markers are two small scratches leaving the top of the L in LIBERTY and a gouge below the T of UNITED. Trails are often thought to come from polishing of the die with a rotary tool, though others think the die moved against the hub.

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