SKH-1c-1967-10 Spiked Head

Description

Cataloged as SKH-1c-1967-10, this tenth spiked head variety for the 1967 Lincoln cent was documented without a Cohen Index cross-reference, indicating that it has been cataloged within the Cuds on Coins project but may not yet appear in the Cohen reference or may represent a variety discovered outside the Cohen cataloging framework. Spiked head varieties without Cohen cross-references are not inherently less significant than those with them — the absence simply reflects the reality that multiple independent cataloging systems exist for die deterioration errors, and not all discoveries are immediately cross-listed in every reference. The Cuds on Coins project maintains its own sequential numbering for spiked heads (the SKH prefix), and the assignment of SKH-1c-1967-10 provides this variety with a stable, citable designation regardless of its Cohen status. For collectors evaluating a potential spiked head, the key diagnostic features are consistent: the spike should exhibit the same luster and surface texture as the surrounding coin (indicating it was formed during striking), it should emerge smoothly from the portrait without sharp edges or displaced metal (which would suggest post-strike damage), and it should be reproducible across multiple specimens struck from the same die. The 1967 cent was produced at the Philadelphia Mint without mint marks during the final year of the Coinage Act of 1965 era, with 3,048,667,100 business strikes. Attributed by Cuds on Coins. Struck on a 3.11-gram, 19mm planchet of 95% copper and 5% zinc.

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