1992 (D) Lincoln Memorial Cent - D-1DER-008WST Trail Die Reverse

Description

TrailDies uses 1992D-1DER-008WST to show a trail die with two opposite directions. The code gives the 1992 Denver cent, a reverse design extension (DER), file 008, and WST: wavy steps together with trails. Lines on the upper part of the reverse run northwest at 330°, from the top left corners of E PLURIBUS UNUM, from UNITED and STATES, and from ER in AMERICA. Lower down they run the other way, at 150°, from the designer's initials, the corner of the base, the right levels of the stylobate and CENT. The two sets meet across the middle: the roof's and cornice's right-hand corners carry both, and the final A of AMERICA is the one letter with lines each way. A line from the E of the motto even crosses the first T of STATES. Bill Slaughter of Arkansas found it. Most specialists attribute trails to die polishing; some attribute them to die-to-hub movement.

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