2005 (P) Roosevelt Dime - SKH-10c-2005P-02 Spiked Head

Description

Marking the second spiked head on the 2005 Philadelphia Mint Roosevelt Dime, SKH-10c-2005P-02 was documented by Cuds on Coins on May 13, 2024 — a notably recent cataloging date that illustrates how die variety research on Roosevelt Dimes continues to yield new discoveries even on dates nearly two decades old. The spiked head is a crack in the obverse die that runs from the rim into Roosevelt's bust, producing a raised projection from Roosevelt's portrait. The 2005-P dime was struck at a time when Philadelphia produced substantial quantities of clad coinage alongside the demanding State Quarters program, which consumed significant die production capacity. Roosevelt Dime spiked heads differ from their Lincoln Cent counterparts mainly in the smaller coin they appear on and in the collector base actively searching for them, which is considerably smaller than the cent variety community. Two documented spiked heads for 2005-P is consistent with the typical count for Roosevelt Dime dates, where single-digit catalogs are the norm rather than the multi-dozen counts seen on popular Shield Cent years. This variety adds to the growing body of evidence that spiked head die cracks occur across all denominations.

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• Cross reference: none. 05/13/2024.

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