2001 (P) Lincoln Memorial Cent - SKH-1c-2001-01 Spiked Head

Description

Inaugurating the spiked head catalog for the 2001 Philadelphia Mint Lincoln Memorial Cent, this variety was documented by Cuds on Coins on August 8, 2018. The 2001-P cent was produced in massive quantities at Philadelphia — billions of coins requiring hundreds of die pairs — yet its spiked head catalog remains small, suggesting that the date has been underexplored rather than unproductive. Die variety research tends to concentrate on dates with established reputations for variety production, leaving adjacent years like 2001-P with less thorough coverage. 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.

Cross References

• Cross reference: none. 08/08/2018.

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