1970 (S) Lincoln Memorial Cent - Small Date - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-036

Description

Counterpart to the Large Date entry sharing the same WDDO-036 designation, this Small Date regular strike variant documents a separate working die prepared from the 1970-S Small Date hub that also received misaligned secondary hubbing. The existence of paired Large Date and Small Date entries under a single WDDO number reflects the cataloging convention used when both hub types produce doubled dies with analogous characteristics — though the physical dies are entirely distinct, their doubling patterns share enough similarity in class, direction, or magnitude to warrant a shared catalog number with hub-type differentiation. The Small Date hub's defining feature — a date configuration where the tops of all four digits align more uniformly and the 7 sits lower — provides the baseline geometry against which hub doubling is measured. No confirmed cross-references are known.

Cross References

• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1970-S 1¢ WDDO-036

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