1970-S Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-047

Description

Small Date version of WDDO-047, this entry documents the counterpart working die prepared from the 1970-S Small Date hub with doubled hubbing characteristics analogous to the Large Date entry. The paired cataloging under a single WDDO number signals to collectors that the doubling pattern has been observed on dies from both hub families, suggesting the hubbing conditions producing the misalignment were not unique to one hub type but reflected broader operational factors — press calibration, die steel batch properties, or production scheduling — that affected dies prepared during the same general timeframe. No confirmed cross-references are known. The Small Date hub's role in the 1970-S story extends beyond scarcer production numbers to encompass cultural significance within numismatics: the discovery and popularization of the 1970-S Small Date cent as a distinct and valuable variety helped drive broader collector interest in date and mintmark varieties during the 1970s, which in turn stimulated the systematic variety research that eventually built catalogs like the WDDO series. In this sense, the Small Date hub varieties are connected to the intellectual history of modern variety collecting — each cataloged entry building on the research tradition that the Small Date's initial recognition helped inspire.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Bill Wilson Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1970-S 1¢ WDDO-047
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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