Lee Coen Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Found in a roll of cents-1989-D cent. The material is raised-from the ear to the rim under the letter 'T'-best photos for now--Spike head? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post J P M Posted July 16 Popular Post Share Posted July 16 (edited) Welcome , What you have there looks more like plating blisters from the thin copper plating on top of a zinc core cent. A spike head is a coin that has a die crack from the rim toward the center of the coin. Like this Edited July 16 by J P M Lee Coen, Coinbuf, zadok and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coinbuf Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I believe that JP is correct that looks to be a long linear plating bubble. I guess there are some people that are willing to part with their hard-earned money for something as minor as a die crack with a cutesy name like spike head, I sure am glad that I am not among them. J P M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powermad5000 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Hello and welcome to the forum! Being that the "spike" you are speaking of in the closeups you provided (which are good photos for your question btw), I do not see it running through the hair in unbroken fashion as would be on a coin produced from a die gouge where many coins could have been struck from the same die marriage resulting in it being a variety that got attributed, so I would say it is a long linear plating bubble common on cents from the time period of 1982-1995. I also denote other less pronounced linear plating bubbles forming in the same parallel lines to the main one on your coin. I did not find any "spiked head" confirmed variety for the year and mintmark of your coin which also leads me to believe it is merely a plating bubble and has no premium value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
