SKH-1c-1960-04(LD) Cud

Description

Sharing the same die as SKH-1c-1960-04(LD), this cud entry on the 1960 Lincoln Memorial Cent Proof Large Date captures the advanced failure stage where a die fragment broke away completely. The underlying spiked head — a die gouge or crack extending from Lincoln's portrait — carries the notable distinction of being listed in the published Cohen Index as Lg60-57B, making it one of the few 1960 spiked head varieties with formal Cohen Index recognition. The cud itself produces a raised, featureless mass of metal at the site of the missing fragment, adding a second error type to the already distinctive spiked head die. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins under JC Cohen reference JCc-1960_069 with a date of January 16, 2017, the Proof Large Date classification means this die served during the proof production run at the Philadelphia Mint, where individual proof dies were limited to approximately 3,000 impressions. The combination of a Cohen-indexed spiked head variety and a cud error on a proof die makes this an unusually well-documented variety, and the constrained proof population ensures that specimens carrying both features remain scarce.

Attribution History

• Discovered by JC Stevens
• Cross reference: JCc-1960_069, Cohen Index Lg60-57B. 01/16/2017.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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