1909 Lincoln Wheat Cent - VDB - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-001 / DDO-001

Description

DDO-001, which Wexler numbers WDDO-001, is a doubled die obverse on the 1909 V.D.B. Lincoln wheat cent with a strong west-northwest spread on BERTY of LIBERTY, on 190 of the date and on the lips, which Wexler classes as Class IV. Both catalogs cite Cherrypickers listing 012, which Wexler numbers FS-01-1909-101 and VarietyVista FS-1101. Wexler's Coins and Die Varieties describes the Class IV spread as running NW and showing on BERTY, the date, the lips, the bowtie and parts of the vest. In obverse stage A there is a small die chip in the field below the R of LIBERTY, under its right leg. Stage B adds the die crack known as the Spiked Head, running from the ear through the hair and the E of WE out to the rim, and stage C a small die scratch running WNW from the 0 of the date, at the middle of its left side. The reverse is the V.D.B. type. In reverse stage A a weak die scratch heads NE off the left wheat ear's tip. In stage B that scratch is gone, a small die chip appears under the upright of the D in V.D.B., at its base, and an elongated die gouge lies in the field east of the top of the M in UNUM. In stage C a heavy die crack leads NW off the left wheat ear and reaches the rim near 9:30, and the stage B markers are very weak. Whaden Curtis submitted stage A, Russ LeBeau stage B and Albert Raddi stage C. CONECA lists the die as 1-0-IV, Breen as #2053 and Crawford as CDDO-001; its Coppercoins number is 1909P-1DO-001. VarietyVista, crediting James Wiles, describes the spread as strong and west-northwest on BERTY, 190 and the lips, and lists the reverse of both its die marriages as RDV-001 (V.D.B.). Under marker codes UVC-1210 and DMR-005, both sides are early in stage A. In stage B the obverse is still early and a light die crack runs from the left wheat to the rim at 9:30 o'clock, also early. In stage C the obverse is early-middle and the reverse crack is stronger, also early-middle. Under UVC-1211 and DMR-006, stage D shows the ear-to-rim die crack through the E of WE in a middle die state, with the reverse die changed and the new one early. Stage E, a late die state, is unconfirmed.

Die Markers

• VarietyVista: UVC-1210 DMR-005 Stage A: Obverse and Reverse are EDS Stage B: Obverse is EDS Light die crack Left wheat to rim at K-9:30 – EDS Stage C: Obverse is EMDS Die crack on Reverse is stronger – EMDS UVC-1211 DMR-006 Stage D: Die crack from ear to rim through E of WE – MDS Reverse die changed – EDS Stage E: LDS (unconfirmed)

Cross References

• Wexler: 1909 1¢ WDDO-001; VarietyVista: 1909 DDO-001; CONECA: 1-0-IV, Cherrypickers: FS-01-1909-101 (012), Breen: #2053, Crawford: CDDO-001, Coppercoins: 1909P-1DO-001; VarietyVista gives FS-1101 (012)

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