1996 (P) Lincoln Memorial Cent - P-1DER-039WST Trail Die Reverse

Description

1996P-1DER-039WST carries both effects named in its WST suffix, wavy steps and trails. The steps bend under columns 4 through 8 where trails cross the Memorial's stairway, trail lines run into the stylobate beneath columns 10, 11 and 12, and more leave the left corners of the N and T of CENT. The direction is 180°, due south. The rest of the code identifies a 1996 Philadelphia cent, the reverse design extension category (DER) and file 039. The middle-die-state reverse has a gouge above the first T of STATES and clash marks in bays 2 and 3. Jason Dick found the die. Rotary polishing of the die is the standard explanation for the bent steps, while some prefer die-to-hub movement.

Die Markers

• Stage “B “, obverse is MDS – none noted
• Reverse is MDS – a die gouge is seen over the first T in STATES. Clash marks are seen in bays 2 and 3.

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