1962 Lincoln Memorial Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-020

Description

1962 WDDO-020 is a doubled die obverse on the 1962 Lincoln Memorial cent, cataloged by the Wexler team. The date shows strong extra thickness with some separation lines, and LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST are thickened as well. Obverse, Stage A: parallel NW/SE scratches lie to the right of the Y in LIBERTY, by its top. Stage B: scratches run north off the nose top; a SW/NE scratch sits beneath and between IN's N and GOD's G; and many other scratches appear across the obverse. Stage C: scratches running mostly E/W sit right of the bust. Stage D: the Stage C markers are much weaker. Reverse: Wexler notes no markers for Stage A. Stage B: parallel ESE scratches lead off the right cornice and through the C in AMERICA; in the tenth bay, curving scratches form an X; and a scratch goes SW from the lower T in CENT. Stage C: the Stage B scratches are very weak or missing, and a pre-die break depression lies right of the right cornice. Stage D is a new reverse die, with a small gouge (dot) below the C in AMERICA. John A. Wexler submitted Stage A and Stage C; Whaden Curtis submitted Stage B and Stage D. Wexler lists no cross-references.

Cross References

• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1962 1¢ WDDO-020

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