1944 (D) Lincoln Wheat Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-032

Description

1944-D WDDO-032 is a doubled die obverse on the 1944-D Lincoln Wheat cent, cataloged by the Wexler team. An extra eyelid sits close to the south of the normal one, and very tight counterclockwise doubling shows on TRUST under very careful examination. Obverse Stage A: a crisp small gouge (dot) on the vest under Lincoln's tie, and light NNE/SSW scratches behind the back of the head, under the G of GOD. On Obverse Stage B the dot on the vest is still visible but weaker, and the scratches behind the head can only faintly be seen. Reverse Stage A: light NNE/SSW scratches across essentially all of the reverse fields; a scratch running straight south from the left side of OF's O to the rim; four ESE scratches from the lower right of the E in ONE; and a light scratch parallel to the rim above the E of EPU, on its right side. On Reverse Stage B only the central part of the northernmost of the parallel scratches right of the E in ONE, and the scratch above the E of EPU, remain faintly visible; every other Stage A marker is gone. New ESE scratches run through the NT of CENT and the ICA of AMERICA. Al Raddi submitted Stage A and David Mulberry Stage B. CONECA lists it as 11-O-IV.

Cross References

• CONECA: 11-O-IV; Wexler Variety ID: 1944-D 1¢ WDDO-032

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