1939 Lincoln Wheat Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-014

Description

1939 WDDO-014 is a doubled die obverse on the 1939 Lincoln Wheat cent, cataloged by the Wexler team. A second eyelid lies just south of the primary one. Obverse Stage A: a large crack winding from the lower shoulder eastward to the vest; light cracks in the hair under WE; a clash at the neck; a heavy vertical gouge beneath LIBERTY's L; and three small gouges over the 939 of the date. On Stage B the cracks and the neck clash are largely unchanged, though the bust crack reaches farther west, and the gouges are weaker. On Stage C the cracks are unchanged, the neck clash is very faint, and the gouges are much weaker: above the date only the one over the first 9 can still be seen, and the gouge under the L is much reduced. The reverse is a doubled die too, listed as WDDR-002. Its Stage A shows strong NNW/SSE scratches across the left side of the design, including through UNITED and the CE of CENT; small gouges (dots) above the second T of STATES and right of its second S; and a clash at the top right of CENT's N. On Stage B the gouges around STATES are lightly visible and the N clash remains, but every scratch has been abraded away and replaced by new ones: a faint clash through CENT's C, a scratch south from the E of EPU (E PLURIBUS UNUM), crisscrossing scratches through UNUM, light scratches curving NE from the T of CENT to the wheat ear, and a curving scratch through the lower STATE of STATES. On Stage C only the N clash is still visible, along with a gouge right of the E in STATES. Daniel Griffin submitted Stages A and C, and Frank Baumann Stage B. Wexler lists no cross-references, and notes that this obverse doubled die replaces the original WDDO-014, which turned out not to be a doubled die.

Cross References

• None known Comments: The obverse doubled die is a replacement for the original WDDO-014, which was found to not be a doubled die.; Wexler Variety ID: 1939 1¢ WDDO-014

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