1976 Lincoln Memorial Cent - Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-001

Description

The reverse doubling presents as a spread towards the center along with extra thickness on UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, the designer's initials FG, and ONE CENT. Nice notching is visible on the upper letters of UNITED and the lower letters of AMERICA and ONE, with the serrated edge profiles characteristic of genuine hub doubling. A spread towards the center indicates the hub shifted slightly inward between impressions, compressing the design elements toward the coin's center and producing the doubled outlines most prominently on letters farthest from the pivot point. The reverse carries its own diagnostics: a die scratch on the roof above the third bay and fourth column, a heavy die scratch running north-northeast from the upper tenth column to the top of the bay, and a die scratch running west-southwest from under the Memorial north of the T in CENT. Additionally, a short vertical die gouge can be found between the centers of the N of IN and the G in GOD on the obverse, a die scratch runs east-southeast from the center right side of the D in UNITED to the lower first S in STATES, and a die scratch runs north-northeast from the upper right of the F in FG. No additional cross-reference numbers are known. Attribution by the Wexler Team.

Cross References

• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1976 1¢ WDDR-001

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