SKH-1c-2023-10 Spiked Head

Description

Closing this batch at the highest sequence number for 2023, SKH-1c-2023-10 is the tenth spiked head cataloged for the year and the final entry in the current group of thirty varieties spanning 1998 through 2023. Ten entries mirrors the approximate counts for 2010, 2012, and 2022, suggesting a baseline rate of spiked head production that holds across most years absent the exceptional surges of 2015 and 2021. The twenty-five-year span covered by this batch — from the Memorial reverse of 1998 to mature Shield production of 2023 — encompasses one complete design transition and demonstrates that spiked heads are a constant companion of Lincoln cent manufacturing regardless of reverse type or external circumstances. Cuds on Coins has built a comprehensive public record of these varieties, enabling collectors and researchers to track patterns across years and identify individual die states. As the most recent entry chronologically, SKH-1c-2023-10 represents the current frontier of spiked head documentation — a frontier that will advance as long as Lincoln cents are struck and collectors remain attentive to the raised lines that tell the story of die fatigue.

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