1995P-1DER-009WS Trail Die Reverse

Description

Ninth documented trail die reverse for the one-cent denomination, this 1995 Philadelphia Lincoln Memorial Cent exhibits the characteristic ghost-image phenomenon that occurs when residual design impressions from a previous die carry through the hub-to-die transfer process. Trail die varieties differ from doubled dies in their mechanism: rather than a misaligned second hubbing of the same design, the trace elements originate from an entirely different die that previously occupied the hubbing press. Die markers place this specimen at Stage C, late die state. The obverse at LDS shows three small die gouges to the right of the N in IN. The reverse at LDS carries a large die scratch between the N and T of CENT, a prominent marker that aids quick identification. Philadelphia's mid-1990s cent output regularly exceeded five billion pieces per year, with the 1995-P reaching approximately 6.4 billion, an enormous production run that consumed thousands of die pairs. Under such volumes, trail die events become statistically more probable as dies cycle through presses with increasing frequency. Cataloged by Trail Dies with no additional cross-references established.

Die Markers

• Stage “C”, obverse is LDS – three small die gouges to the right of the N in IN.
• Reverse is LDS – large die scratch between the N and T of CENT.

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