1927-S Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-001

Description

As the sole documented doubled die obverse for the 1927-S Lincoln wheat cent, WDDO-001 carries particular significance — there is no other known DDO for this date and mint to compare it against. The variety manifests as an extra eyelid below Lincoln's primary eyelid on Victor David Brenner's portrait, a subtle but diagnostically definitive indicator of hub misalignment affecting the facial details. San Francisco struck approximately 14.3 million cents in 1927, a modest output that places the 1927-S among the lower-mintage dates in the Lincoln cent series for that decade. The Wexler Team documented this as Wexler Variety ID: 1927-S 1¢ WDDO-001, noting importantly that the examined specimen was low grade and that a higher-grade specimen might yield significant die markers not visible on worn surfaces. This qualification underscores a persistent challenge in die variety research: documenting die markers from circulated coins provides only partial information, and undiscovered diagnostics may remain hidden until a mint-state example surfaces for examination. No other cross-references are known. Collectors with access to higher-grade 1927-S cents are encouraged to compare their specimens against the WDDO-001 attribution, both to confirm the variety and to potentially identify the supplementary die markers that the original low-grade specimen could not reveal.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Mike Antenucci Cross References: None known Comments: The specimen examined was low grade. A higher grade specimen may yield significant
• None known Comments: The specimen examined was low grade. A higher grade specimen may yield significant; Wexler Variety ID: 1927-S 1¢ WDDO-001
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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