SKH-1c-2017P-04 Spiked Head

Description

Gaps in catalog numbering can tell their own story, and the jump from SKH-1c-2017P-01 to SKH-1c-2017P-04 suggests that entries -02 and -03 exist elsewhere in the documented catalog but may appear in different enrichment batches or were cataloged at different times. SKH-1c-2017P-04 on the 2017 (P) Lincoln Shield Cent represents the fourth confirmed distinct spiked head die from Philadelphia's 2017 production, and its position in the sequence indicates that the date had already yielded meaningful variety research before this die was identified. The Philadelphia Mint's 2017 cent output was enormous, with billions of coins struck across hundreds of working dies, and the fourth documented spiked head die from that population represents a small but significant fraction of the total die usage. Each spiked head entry adds to the cumulative understanding of how frequently portrait-area cracking occurs relative to total die consumption for a given year. Attributed and cataloged by Cuds on Coins from Philadelphia Mint production.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Earl M
• Cross reference: none. 08/16/2017.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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