1943 Lincoln Wheat Cent - Atypical Die Clash ADC-1C-1943-01-STAGE-B

Description

ADC-1c-1943-01 Stage B is an atypical die clash on a 1943 Lincoln Wheat cent, cataloged by Mad Die Clashes. The reverse of 1943 DDO-015 hides a run of at least 8 die clashes. The doubled die obverse is Class IV with an offset eye to the southeast, and its markers agree with the CONECA files. Clashes 1 and 2 are two sets of marks lined up closely with each other, slightly off center by roughly 3-5% toward 10 o'clock and tilted somewhat toward the south side of the reverse die. With each later clash the misalignment fades and the rotation grows. By clash event 8 the dies had turned 38-39 degrees and most of the misalignment, which shifted mainly between clashes 4 and 7, was gone. More clashes may exist: in the final slide, an anomaly in CENT's N resembles Lincoln's neck at clash 8, but not clearly enough for MDC to be sure. A die crack across the right wheat stem is a marker. Cliff Reuter found this die stage.

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