1928 Lincoln Wheat Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-001

Description

1928 WDDO-001 is a doubled die obverse on the 1928 Lincoln Wheat cent, cataloged by the Wexler team. The date shows a Class V clockwise (CW) spread, pivoting from a point near the rim around 10:00. The coin Wexler examined was a mid-die state (MDS) specimen with almost no markers on either the obverse or the reverse. Robert Bruner submitted the variety, and the Coppercoins number is 1928P-1DO-003. Wexler's comments add that the doubling sits on the right sides of the date digits, produced by the Class V pivot near 10 o'clock, and that very little doubling appears anywhere else on the coin, though earlier die states may show more around the front of the vest. As is typical of Class V doubled dies, the spread narrows moving from the rim toward the center of the die, which the date of this variety shows clearly: the 28 has the widest spread and is where Wexler suggests looking first. Wexler includes it in its "Best Of" varieties.

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• Coppercoins: 1928P-1DO-003 Doubling shows on the right sides of the digits of the date. This clockwise spread is the result of a Class V pivot near the rim at about 10 o’clock. Very little doubling can be found elsewhere on the coin. It is possible that earlier die states may show more doubling in the area of the front of the vest. This coin was a mid-die state coin. It is typical on Class V doubled die varieties for the spread of the doubling to decrease as you move from the rim towards the center of the die. This is clearly evident on the date of; Wexler Variety ID: 1928 1¢ WDDO-001

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