1943 (S) Lincoln Wheat Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-002

Description

1943-S WDDO-002 is a doubled die obverse on the 1943-S Lincoln Wheat cent, cataloged by the Wexler team. Extra eyelids show above and below the normal eyelid, and in later die stages the lower extra eyelid wears away. On Obverse Stage A there are concentric scratches above IN GOD WE, scratches heading northwest between the forehead and TRUST, and light north-to-south scratches through LIBERTY; no crack is present above V.D.B. On Stage B the concentric scratches remain, a crack leaves the rim at 6:00, passes through the base of the bust, and returns to the rim at 7:00, over V.D.B., and two parallel scratches rise north from the T of LIBERTY. On Stage C the concentric scratches are still visible but weaker, the 6:00-to-7:00 crack looks unchanged, and the scratches above the T remain; added are multidirectional scratches under the chin and concentric scratches with large gouges around and east of the ear. The reverse is also a strong doubled die, 1943-S 1¢ WDDR-005 in the Wexler Files. On Reverse Stage A, multiple scratches cross AMERICA and there is no crack on the T of CENT. Reverse Stage B shows a SSW-to-NNE scratch below the P of PLURIBUS; a scratch heading NNW from the upper right of the N in CENT; a scratch running north through the R of AMERICA, passing between the S and T of STATES and stopping below the N of CENT; a NW-to-SE scratch through the lower C of AMERICA; and clash marks reaching from the E of ONE over to the N of CENT and low between the C and E of CENT. On Reverse Stage C a crack with chips appears at the base of the T in CENT, and the clash marks have been essentially polished away. Daniel Griffin submitted Stages A and C, and Al Raddi Stage B. Coppercoins lists it as 1943S-1DO-002.

Cross References

• Wexler Variety ID: 1943-S 1¢ WDDO-002

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