1962 Lincoln Memorial Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-035

Description

Formerly cataloged as WDDO-070 before being reassigned during the comprehensive renumbering triggered by the discovery of four different doubled working hubs for 1962 cent dies, the Lincoln Memorial Cent WDDO-035 exhibits extra thickness on the date, LIBERTY, and IN GOD WE TRUST — a broad distribution indicating that the hub displacement affected a wide arc of the obverse. The most diagnostically precise feature is visible separation lines on the 9 in the date and the R in TRUST, where the secondary impression pulls just far enough from the primary device to create discernible gaps rather than simple thickening. These separation points provide two geographically distinct attribution zones — one in the lower-right date area and one in the upper-right motto — that together confirm the spread direction and help distinguish WDDO-035 from neighboring varieties showing similar generalized extra thickness. The variety carries the Wexler Variety ID 1962 1c WDDO-035, with no additional cross-references currently known. On the reverse, a small die gouge appears below and to the right of the N in UNITED, offering a supplementary marker that aids identification independent of the doubling. This variety was struck at the Philadelphia Mint as a regular business-strike issue during the final year of the original 95% copper, 5% tin-and-zinc alloy composition, when over 606 million cents were produced from working dies that each began their life cycle as an impression from one of the several working hubs in active rotation that year.

Cross References

• None known Comments: This variety was previously listed as WDDO-070 but was reassigned to help fill the gaping holes in the listings that were created when four different doubled working hubs were identified.; Wexler Variety ID: 1962 1¢ WDDO-035

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