2014 (P) Lincoln Shield Cent - SKH-1c-2014-27 Spiked Head

Description

SKH-1c-2014-27 is a spiked head at the portrait-rim junction, recorded for 2014 Lincoln Shield Cent production. The difference between this entry and its predecessor, SKH-1c-2014-26, is not severity but die identity — each number in the Cuds on Coins catalog corresponds to a unique working die that developed its own crack. Collectors pursuing a complete set of 2014 spiked heads face a substantial but finite challenge. What collectors invest instead is time — hours of roll searching and careful examination under magnification. The 2014 Philadelphia cent maintains the specifications established decades earlier: 2.5 grams of copper-plated zinc on a 19.05 mm planchet, struck without a mintmark, carrying Brenner's portrait and Bass's Shield in a pairing that by 2014 had become familiar to a new generation.

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