1972 Lincoln Memorial Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-010 / DDO-005

Description

Documented by Wexler across four obverse and four reverse die stages, WDDO-010, which VarietyVista numbers DDO-005, is a doubled die obverse on the 1972 Lincoln Memorial cent with a very close Class I counterclockwise spread on IN GOD WE TRUST. Both catalogs give it the Cherrypickers number FS-105 (033.55); Wexler writes it FS 01-1972-105. Wexler adds doubling on the 72 of the date and the lower LIB of LIBERTY. Obverse stage A has a die scratch under the D of GOD that curves from SW to NE and a dot inside the upper Y of LIBERTY. In stage B the scratch below the D is gone; a strong scratch running south to north sits halfway from the D of GOD to the W of WE; parallel scratches, several between the O and D of GOD and two to the right of the D, run SW to NE; a scratch curves NNW from a point just right of LIBERTY's Y; a short strong one runs NW to SE under the B of LIBERTY; many west-east scratches lie between the vest and the 1 of the date; and traces of a die clash show above and between the 9 and 7. In stage C most stage B markers are very weak or gone except the clash mark over the 9 and 7; four parallel scratches now run WSW to ENE under the T of LIBERTY, another, also WSW to ENE, lies between the upper 1 and the vest, and from the top of the head beneath the E of WE a scratch heads NW. Stage D is a very late die stage in which most earlier markers are very weak or missing. Reverse stage A has a dot beside the C of CENT, left of its center, short die scratches running NNE from the lower left of the first three Memorial bays, plus a light scratch running NE off the top of the F of the designer's initials, and a short vertical scratch right of the middle of the post left of the steps. In stage B those markers are weaker; a short strong die gouge appears on the roof north of the top left of the third column, a scratch runs east-west through the lower E PL of E PLURIBUS UNUM, and another curves SE through the upper first U of UNUM. Stage C adds a dot set between the tops of the I and T in UNITED, two gouges SE of the lower right of the second A in AMERICA with a short scratch to its right, and a small gouge above the G of the designer's initials. In stage D, again very late, most earlier markers are very weak or missing and a small gouge appears north of the N in ONE. Brian Allen submitted stages A and C, Matt Walton stage B and John A. Wexler stage D. CONECA lists the die as 5-O-I and Crawford as CDDO-014; its Coppercoins number is 1972P-1DO-005. VarietyVista, crediting Matt Walton, describes a light spread on IN GOD WE TRUST, on LIB in LIBERTY and on the 72 of the date. It identifies the obverse as ODV-027a (Not Re-Engraved) and uses marker codes UVC-2288 and DMR-008.

Die Markers

• VarietyVista: UVC-2288; DMR-008

Cross References

• Wexler: 1972 1¢ WDDO-010; VarietyVista: 1972 DDO-005; CONECA: 5-O-I, Cherrypickers: FS 01-1972-105 (033.55), Crawford: CDDO-014, Coppercoins: 1972P-1DO-005

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