1957 Lincoln Wheat Cent - Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-001

Description

1957 WDDR-001 is a doubled die reverse on the 1957 Lincoln Wheat cent, cataloged by the Wexler team. The letters of E PLURIBUS UNUM, both dots, both upper wheat ears and both stems show Class VI extra thickness, heaviest on the stems. Obverse markers: a gouge right of the bottom of the 5; a short, nearly horizontal gouge north of LIBERTY's B; parallel scratches heading SW from GOD's G; and many scratches heading SE from the head's front. Reverse markers: a gouge, or lump as Wexler's comments call it, that touches the left wheat ear's tip; a scratch running NNE from the upper right of UNITED's N to the bottom of CENT's C; two parallel scratches curving WSW-ENE in the top of CENT's C; three parallel NNW-SSE scratches right of the lower part of ONE's E; many mostly N-S scratches right of the left wheat stalk; and clash remnants at the top left of CENT's N. John A. Wexler submitted the variety. CONECA lists it as 1-R-II. Wexler's comments credit Delma K. Romines with first reporting it, and note that it appeared in his 1984 book The Lincoln Cent Doubled Die, listed there as 1957 1¢ 1-R-VI. Wexler includes it in its "Best Of" varieties.

Cross References

• CONECA: 1-R-II Comments: This variety was first reported by Delma K. Romines and appeared in my 1984 book The Lincoln Cent Doubled Die where it was listed as 1957 1¢ 1-R-VI. Note the die gouge (lump) touching the tip of the left wheat ear.; Wexler Variety ID: 1957 1¢ WDDR-001

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