1968-S Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-002

Description

Cataloged as the second Wexler doubled die obverse for the 1968-S Lincoln cent in regular strike format, WDDO-002 represents another hub doubling variety from the San Francisco Mint's business strike production in the year that proof coinage resumed after the Coinage Act of 1965 moratorium. The 1968-S regular strike cent is a genuinely scarce coin in the context of Lincoln Memorial cent collecting: San Francisco's primary focus in 1968 was on proof production for collectors, and its business strike output was substantially smaller than the volumes produced at Philadelphia and Denver, making any variety on the 1968-S regular strike a proportionally rarer find. The obverse die marker record for this variety is noted as "Obverse" in the source documentation, indicating that the full die marker description was truncated or incompletely recorded during cataloging. This truncation is preserved here as-is from the source data. Despite the incomplete die marker information, the variety itself is fully attributed through its Wexler designation, and collectors can confirm identification through the specific doubling pattern on the obverse in conjunction with whatever die markers are visible on the specimen in hand. The 1968-S regular strike cent was produced at the San Francisco Mint, which had not struck cents for circulation since the 1964 date. Struck on a 3.11-gram, 19mm planchet of 95% copper and 5% zinc at the San Francisco Mint.

Die Markers

• Obverse

Attribution History

• Discovered by Wexler Team

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