SKH-1c-1967-12 Spiked Head

Description

Designated SKH-1c-1967-12, this twelfth cataloged spiked head for the 1967 Lincoln cent — like SKH-1c-1967-10 — does not carry a Cohen Index cross-reference, placing it among the spiked heads documented exclusively through the Cuds on Coins cataloging system. The gap between SKH-1c-1967-10 and SKH-1c-1967-12 (with SKH-1c-1967-11 cataloged separately as SKH-1C-1967-11 in a related entry) illustrates the non-linear nature of variety discovery: the sequential numbers represent the order in which varieties were cataloged, not a logical progression through die positions or failure types. Twelve documented spiked heads for a single date is a substantial count that provides collectors with a meaningful variety set to pursue, though the Cohen Index suggests the true population of identifiable spiked head varieties for 1967 extends far deeper — into the hundreds when sub-variants are included. The 1967 date holds a distinctive place in the Lincoln Memorial Cent series as the last year of the no-mint-mark era. When 1968 arrived, the Denver Mint began marking its cents with a D and San Francisco resumed proof production with an S mint mark, ending the three-year experiment that had been implemented to discourage speculative coin hoarding during the national coin shortage. The 1967 cent's 3,048,667,100 business strike mintage was the era's production peak. Attributed by Cuds on Coins. Struck on a 3.11-gram, 19mm planchet of 95% copper and 5% zinc.

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