1951 (D) Lincoln Wheat Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-009

Description

1951-D WDDO-009 is a doubled die obverse on the 1951-D Lincoln Wheat cent, cataloged by the Wexler team. The eyelid is tripled toward the southeast. The obverse also carries a repunched mint mark, which Wexler lists separately as 1951-D 1¢ WRPM-014. Obverse Stage A has NNW-SSE scratches ahead of the eyebrow and through the nose, one of them long enough to reach the 9 of the date; many more NNW-SSE scratches running from under the chin into the 1 and to its left, crossed by a single SW-NE scratch left of the 1; a NW-SE field scratch right of TRUST's last T; and many light scratches heading NW from Lincoln's upper back, SE of LIBERTY's Y and to its left. On Stage B most of those markers are extremely weak or gone, though traces remain of the scratches through the 9 and below the nose. A long, curved crack appears on the central bust, NE of the VDB initials and above them, and the extra eyelids have turned mushy and are no longer clearly visible. Wexler pairs each obverse stage with its own reverse. The first reverse (Stage A) has a light crack from the upper left wheat to the rim at about 9:30, a pattern of die damage within CENT's C, and a gouge along the right vertical bar of CENT's N, at the middle of its left edge. The second reverse (Stage B) has two light scratches heading north from the tip of the left wheat, a short SW-NE scratch grazing the C of CENT at its upper right edge, concentric scratches through AMERICA's last A, and a long scratch heading SE from the middle of that A's left arm. Ben Peters submitted Stage A and Frank Baumann Stage B. Wexler lists no cross-references for the doubled die; for the mint mark, CONECA has RPM #14 and Coppercoins 1951D-1MM-014.

Cross References

• Wexler Variety ID: 1951-D 1¢ WDDO-009

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