1995D-1DER-006WS Trail Die Reverse

Description

Cataloged by Trail Dies, the 1995D-1DER-006WS trail die reverse on the 1995 (D) Lincoln Memorial Cent represents a specialized category of die variety where incomplete or misaligned die impressions from the manufacturing process leave distinctive trail marks on the working die that subsequently transfer to every coin struck from that die. Trail dies occur during the hubbing process when the hub and die are not perfectly aligned or when multiple hubbing impressions create overlapping but offset design elements — distinct from traditional doubled dies in that trail die impressions often appear as elongated, smeared, or directionally streaked versions of design elements rather than the cleanly separated primary and secondary images characteristic of hub doubling. Die markers for this variety are documented across two die stages: Stage B on the obverse shows Mid Die State with a die gouge on the right side of the T in LIBERTY, providing a primary obverse attribution checkpoint, while the reverse in Mid Die State carries a die dot on the right side of the O in ONE. The "WS" suffix in the catalog number indicates a specific trail die classification within the Trail Dies cataloging system. Struck at the Denver Mint in the zinc core / copper plating composition (97.5% zinc, 2.5% copper) at 2.5 grams, the 1995-D Lincoln Memorial Cent was part of a year notable in the variety collecting community for the famous 1995 Doubled Die Obverse from the Philadelphia Mint — though this Denver Mint trail die reverse is an entirely separate and unrelated variety produced by a different mechanism at a different mint facility. Frank Gasparro's Memorial reverse positions the affected O of ONE at the center of the denomination statement, where the die dot provides a precise location marker for attribution.

Die Markers

• Stage “B”, obverse is MDS – die gouge on the right side of the T in LIBERTY.
• Reverse is MDS – die dot on the right side of the O in ONE.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Patrick Gaughan
• Expert attribution by Trail Dies

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