2009 (P) Lincoln Cent - Formative Years - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-008

Description

2009 FY WDDO-008 is a doubled die obverse on a 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial cent with the Formative Years reverse, cataloged by the Wexler team. LIBERTY's letters, the lower hair and the beard details show strong extra thickness, and Wexler notes there is no doubling on the date. Wexler lists three stages. Obverse Stage A: light diagonal scratches right of LIBERTY's Y; a light vertical scratch left of TRUST's first T; and a short SW-to-NE crack through the hair high on the back of the head. Stage B adds a small gouge (dot) left of the I in IN and a small gouge (dot) under the first zero of the date; the hair crack now stretches from the back of the head, beside the ear on its left, up to the head's top, with a small die chip on its upper end; and a crack heads NNW from the eyebrow into the forehead. Stage C is the same as Stage B. On the reverse, Stage A has a gouge (dot) in the field under the first A in AMERICA; light horizontal scratches below the NIT of UNITED; light diagonal scratches below the book; and a crack on the left shoulder. Stage B adds a crack down the lower right of CENT's N; a crack and a die chip on the left shoulder; a light crack heading NW from the top of ONE's O to the base of UNITED's I; short cracks curving NNW from the top and SSW from the bottom of CENT's C; and a pre-die chip depression on the lower left of ONE's E. On Stage C, the crack linking ONE's O and UNITED's I now curves over to UNITED's N and climbs its right side to the rim, and a die chip sits on the lower left of CENT's E. Brian Ribar submitted Stages A, B and C; Wexler notes the Stage A photos and markers were updated using a coin from Timothy Sandusky, Sr. Wexler lists no cross-references.

Cross References

• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2009 1¢ FY WDDO-008

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