1942 (D) Lincoln Wheat Cent - Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-005

Description

1942-D WDDR-005 is a doubled die reverse on the 1942-D Lincoln Wheat cent, cataloged by the Wexler team. Wexler describes it as a tripled die reverse, with Class 4 + 8 doubling on CENT's E, at its upper right crossbar, and on the O and N of ONE. The obverse is also a doubled die, which Wexler's doubled die files list as 1942-D 1¢ WDDO-010, with doubling under LIBERTY's L and left of the I in IN. Its Stage A has two faded gouges at the rim over TRUST's S and T, a curving scratch running NE through the opening of GOD's D toward the rim, and a series of light SW-NE scratches on and behind the back of the hair. On Stage B areas of die deterioration line the right edges of the date's 4 and 2, a faded gouge appears under the chin, and every other Stage A marker has worn away. On the reverse, Stage A has a crack that leaves the right wheat tip at its upper right edge and runs north into the field; die damage on the upper left wheat lines; die damage through the second S of STATES; and a faded NW-SE scratch between the bottom of ONE's E and the top of CENT's T. On Stage B the damage through the last S of STATES and at the right wheat tip's upper right edge is still visible, though more worn, many gouges fill the upper and lower openings of UNITED's N, and a dot sits inside the lower right opening of OF's O. Daniel Griffin submitted Stage A and John A. Wexler Stage B, with updated photos taken on a coin from Daniel Griffin. CONECA lists it as 1-R-VIII and Crawford as CDDR-001; the Coppercoins number is 1942D-1DR-003.

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• None known Comments: This die was originally listed as; Wexler Variety ID: 1942-D 1¢ WDDR-005

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