1970 (S) Lincoln Memorial Cent - Small Date - 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. 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.

Cross References

• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1970-S 1¢ WDDO-047

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