SKH-1c-2017P-07 Spiked Head

Description

Reaching the seventh cataloged spiked head from a single date at Philadelphia, SKH-1c-2017P-07 on the 2017 (P) Lincoln Shield Cent demonstrates the depth of community research that modern variety collecting can achieve when experienced searchers focus sustained attention on a specific issue. Seven distinct dies, each independently developing a portrait-area crack, represent seven separate metallurgical failure events within the same production year, and the documentation of each event requires a discoverer to recognize the variety, photograph it with diagnostic clarity, and submit it to the Cuds on Coins catalog for verification against the six previously confirmed entries. The cumulative effort required to build a seven-entry catalog for a single date is substantial, involving dozens of hours of coin examination across multiple researchers. The 2017 Philadelphia cent's high mintage ensures that specimens of each variety entered circulation in meaningful quantities, but locating and attributing them still demands persistence and skill.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Alan English
• Cross reference: none. 04/01/2018.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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