SKH-1c-2021-08 Spiked Head

Description

Modern social media platforms have accelerated variety discovery at a pace that would have been unimaginable in the pre-internet era, and the rapid accumulation of cataloged spiked heads for 2021 (P) Lincoln cents—including SKH-1c-2021-08—reflects this acceleration. A collector posting a coin photograph on a numismatic social media group or a variety-specific forum can reach thousands of experienced eyes within hours. If the coin shows a previously undocumented spike, experienced researchers can identify it, prompt a formal submission to Cuds on Coins, and add it to the catalog within a timeframe measured in weeks rather than the years or decades it might once have taken for a variety to migrate from private collection to published reference. The pace of discovery for Shield cent spiked heads—with new varieties added to the 2021 catalog well after the coins entered circulation—illustrates exactly how social media has compressed the timeline from coin in pocket to entry in the permanent reference record.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Erik Gilchrist
• Cross reference: none. 04/04/2022.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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