1937 Doubled Die Obverse DDO-015

Description

Producing medium spread on GOD WE TRUST with light spread on the 937 of the date, DDO-015 captures hub doubling across both the motto and date on the 1937 Philadelphia Lincoln Wheat Cent. Die markers track three documented stages: UVC-1388, DMR-022. Stage A remains in unconfirmed Early Die State. Stage B shows both obverse and reverse reaching Mid-Die State (MDS), confirmed. Stage C progresses to Late Die State (LDS) on both sides, also confirmed — providing collectors with two validated die state reference points. The confirmed MDS and LDS stages mean that specimens can be reliably classified into at least two distinct production phases of this die's working life. Philadelphia struck approximately 309 million cents in 1937, a production year that coincided with the economic recovery gains of the late New Deal period. The combination of motto doubling and partial date doubling provides collectors with multiple diagnostic zones — the GOD WE TRUST doubling visible on the upper obverse and the 937 spread visible in the date area create spatially separated confirmation points. Cataloged by VarietyVista, DDO-015 belongs to the extensive pre-war Wheat Cent doubled die catalog that documents hub doubling events across the design's first three decades of production.

Die Markers

• UVC-1388
• DMR-022
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Obverse and Reverse are MDS
• Stage C:
• Obverse and Reverse are LDS

Attribution History

• Discovered by James Wiles
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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