2000 (P) Lincoln Memorial Cent - SKH-1c-2000-01 Spiked Head

Description

Millennial-year production at the Philadelphia Mint yielded this inaugural spiked head variety for the 2000-P Lincoln Memorial Cent, documented by Cuds on Coins on February 16, 2017. The turn of the millennium was marked by heightened collector interest in all aspects of coinage bearing the year 2000 date, yet the 2000-P spiked head catalog has remained small, with this -01 entry standing as one of very few documented examples. The Philadelphia Mint's cent production in 2000 was substantial — billions of coins requiring hundreds of die pairs — yet the modest spiked head count may reflect a lack of focused searching rather than an absence of varieties. A spiked head is a die crack or break at the top of Lincoln's head: planchet metal fills the crack during striking and stands up from the portrait as a raised spike. The early 2017 documentation date places this discovery during the formative years of systematic Memorial Cent spiked head research, when the Cuds on Coins database was actively expanding its coverage across all dates. Collectors who undertake focused searching of 2000-P cent inventories may well discover additional spiked heads that would expand this currently minimal catalog.

Cross References

• Cross reference: none. 02/16/2017.

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