1929-S Doubled Die Obverse DDO-001

Description

Cataloged by VarietyVista under UVC-1296 with die marker reference DMR-004, this 1929-S Lincoln Wheat cent holds the DDO-001 designation as the primary doubled die obverse for the San Francisco issue. A medium spread shows on the digits 19 of the date, accompanied by a light spread on Lincoln's eyelid, a subtle but confirmed diagnostic feature visible under magnification above 7x. The die pair's Stage A shows the obverse in early die state, while the reverse has already developed a die crack running from the lower right wheat ear to the rim, placing even this earliest documented stage in late die state territory on the reverse side. Stages B and C, representing mid and late die states, are both unconfirmed, suggesting that most surviving specimens come from the same production window captured by Stage A. The 1929-S Wheat cent had a mintage of 50.148 million pieces. As DDO-001, this variety commands the top position in VarietyVista's doubled die obverse hierarchy for the date, and the date-digit doubling combined with the eyelid spread provides two independent diagnostic checkpoints. The early reverse die crack indicates this die pair may have had a relatively short production life before the reverse was pulled from service.

Die Markers

• UVC-1296
• DMR-004
• Stage A:
• Obverse is EDS
• Die crack lower Right wheat to rim � LDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Lloyd Hanson
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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