2000 (P) Lincoln Memorial Cent - SKH-1c-2000-02 Spiked Head

Description

Second documented spiked head on the 2000 Philadelphia Lincoln Memorial Cent, this variety carries a supplementary note identifying a reverse die crack as an additional die marker for attribution. Cataloged on October 6, 2018, by Cuds on Coins with no formal cross-reference in other attribution systems, SKH-1c-2000-02 is a spiked head on a millennial-year cent. 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 supplementary reverse die crack helps confirm the specific die pair that produced this variety. Two spiked heads from 2000-P represents a modest count, consistent with the relatively lower frequency of spiked head documentation on Memorial Cents compared to the later Shield Cent series. The year 2000 was a transition period in Lincoln Cent production, bridging the twentieth and twenty-first centuries with an unchanged design that would continue until the 2009 bicentennial reverses.

Cross References

• Cross reference: none. 10/06/2018.

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