1993 (D) Lincoln Memorial Cent - D-1DER-011WS Trail Die Reverse

Description

1993D-1DER-011WS belongs to TrailDies' run of 1993 Denver cent reverses with wavy steps. The 1993D is the year and mint, the 1 means a cent, DER marks a reverse design extension, 011 is the file and WS flags wavy steps, where trail lines cross the Memorial's stairs and make them appear to ripple. On this die the stair bending is light and confined to columns 7 and 8, while the fluting of columns 11 and 12 carries on down into the stylobate. The offset direction is 190°, a touch west of due south. The coin TrailDies describes is a middle die state: a small gouge sits beside the second 9 of the date, and on the reverse another gouge lies over the left end of the stylobate. Trails of this sort are usually put down to a rotary buff used to polish the die face, though a few specialists attribute them to the die moving against the hub.

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