1941 Lincoln Wheat Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-001 / DDO-001

Description

1941 WDDO-001 is a doubled die obverse on the 1941 Lincoln Wheat cent, cataloged by the Wexler team and by VarietyVista as DDO-001. Both give the Cherrypickers number FS-101 (18), which Wexler writes FS-01-1941-101 (018). Wexler's Coins and Die Varieties calls it a strong Class I counterclockwise spread on the letters of IN GOD WE TRUST, fading on their upper halves, and also on LIBERTY and the date. Wexler notes that the secondary images fade toward the rim on the design elements closest to it, which points to the misaligned hubbing having happened on an early hubbing of the die. Obverse stage A shows light SW-NE scratches through WE, and stage B adds a west-east crack across the base of the bust; no reverse markers were noted in either stage. John A. Wexler submitted it. CONECA lists it as 1-O-I, Breen as #2155, Crawford as CDDO-001, and Coppercoins as 1941P-1DO-001. VarietyVista, crediting Ann Evans with the report, describes strong spread on the date, LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST. Under its marker codes UVC-1473 and DMR-003, an early stage A is unconfirmed, stage B has both sides in a middle die state, and stage C has a late-state crack from the shoulder to the lapel with a late reverse.

Die Markers

• VarietyVista: UVC-1473 DMR-003 Stage A: EDS (unconfirmed) Stage B: Obverse and Reverse are MDS Stage C: Die crack across shoulder to lapel – LDS Reverse is LDS

Cross References

• Wexler: 1941 1¢ WDDO-001; VarietyVista: 1941 DDO-001; CONECA: 1-O-I, Cherrypickers: FS-01-1941-101 (018), Breen: #2155, Crawford: CDDO-001, Coppercoins: 1941P-1DO-001

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