2007 (D) Lincoln Memorial Cent - SKH-1c-2007D-01 Spiked Head

Description

Denver Mint spiked heads on Lincoln Memorial Cents are less commonly documented than their Philadelphia counterparts, making this inaugural entry for the 2007-D a noteworthy catalog addition. SKH-1c-2007D-01 was cataloged on January 18, 2021, by Cuds on Coins, the first spiked head recorded from a 2007 Denver Mint die. 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 2007-D Lincoln Memorial Cent was produced in the penultimate year of the Memorial reverse, with only the 2008-D remaining before the 2009 bicentennial designs. Frank Gasparro's Memorial reverse had been in continuous service since 1959, and by 2007 the design and its die production were fully mature.

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• Cross reference: none. 01/18/2021.

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