1990 (P) Lincoln Memorial Cent - P-1DER-001WS Trail Die Reverse

Description

1990P-1DER-001WS is file 001 among TrailDies' wavy-step reverses for 1990 Philadelphia cents. In the code, the year and mint come first (1990P), then a 1 for the one-cent piece, DER (design extension reverse), the file number 001 and WS, short for wavy steps, the name for trails that run across the Memorial's stairs and make them look bent. Here the bend is moderate and sits under columns 5 to 8. On the right, fluting from columns 11 and 12 runs lightly down into the stylobate. Everything points due south, 180°. TrailDies describes a middle-die-state coin: a gouge below the date's second 9 on the obverse, and on the reverse a crack linking the foot of the I in UNITED with the cornice tip, plus a gouge in the field beneath the N. Trails of this kind are generally blamed on polishing the die with a rotary tool; some instead cite the die moving against the hub.

Die Markers

• Stage “B”, obverse is MDS – die gouge under the second 9 of the DATE.
• Reverse is MDS – die crack from the bottom of the I in UNITED to the cornice tip. Die gouge in the field below the N of UNITED.

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