1960 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-022

Description

Discovered and submitted by Daniel Griffin, WDDR-022 on the 1960 Lincoln Memorial Cent Proof Large Date presents light Class II doubling on the U in UNITED, the left Memorial base, and the letters in ONE CENT and the FG designer's initials. Class II hub doubling indicates a rotational misalignment between successive hub impressions, and the involvement of both text elements and architectural features across the reverse reflects a misalignment broad enough to influence multiple design zones simultaneously. The obverse confirms a Large Date hub, with very light die gouges visible on the upper right edges of the O and D in GOD, and an additional die gouge in the field to the right of the D in GOD. Die scratches crisscross between the lower one and nine in the date, offering another avenue for confirming this specific die pairing. The reverse carries its own set of detailed markers: a die gouge shows left of the upper M of AMERICA, a tiny die scratch runs northwest from the upper right diagonal crossbar of the M in AMERICA, a faded diagonal die scratch appears in Memorial bay 4, and a die gouge sits to the right of the head on Lincoln's statue within the Memorial interior. This abundance of reverse diagnostics makes WDDR-022 one of the more straightforward proof DDR varieties to confirm once a collector has located a specimen with the appropriate doubling. Cataloged by the Wexler Team as 1960 1¢ Pr WDDR-022 with no other known cross-references, the proof format limits the population to approximately 3,000 specimens per die.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Brian Ribar Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1960 1¢ Pr WDDR-022
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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