2001 (P) Lincoln Memorial Cent - SKH-1c-2001-02 Spiked Head

Description

SKH-1c-2001-02, the second spiked head for the 2001 Philadelphia Mint Lincoln Memorial Cent, was cataloged by Cuds on Coins on May 27, 2022, over two decades after the coins were originally produced. The gap between production and documentation is typical for mid-range Memorial Cent dates that lack the celebrity status of the 1995-P or the early-series historical interest of the 1959-1960 issues. The 2001-P cent entered circulation during a year of significant national events, and its production volume — billions of coins from the Philadelphia Mint — ensured that numerous die pairs were employed throughout the year's coining schedule. 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. Two cataloged entries for the 2001-P suggest that the date has received only moderate searching attention, and additional spiked heads may await discovery in the vast pool of 2001-P cents still circulating or stored in collector inventories. Collectors pursuing early twenty-first century Memorial Cent spiked heads will find that dates like 2001-P offer less competition for discoveries compared to the heavily searched 1990s dates.

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• Cross reference: none. 05/27/2022.

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