1962-D Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-004

Description

Documented by the Wexler Team under the designation 1962-D 1¢ WDDO-004, this doubled die obverse variety of the 1962-D Lincoln Memorial Cent is distinguished by an extra eyelid below the normal eyelid on Lincoln's portrait — the same primary diagnostic shared by WDDO-001 and WDDO-002, though produced by a different working die with its own distinctive marker constellation. The obverse of this die carries numerous die scratches running mostly west-northwest to east-southeast both to the left and to the right of the bust, creating a field texture that is immediately apparent under low magnification and serves as the most efficient screening criterion before examining the eyelid area. On the reverse, a die scratch runs southeast from the bottom of the O in OF to the top right of the second U in PLURIBUS, a die clash remnant can be found at the top of the eighth Memorial bay, and numerous additional die scratches appear throughout the reverse face. The die clash remnant in the eighth bay is particularly noteworthy because it records a moment when the obverse and reverse dies struck each other without a planchet between them, transferring a ghost of the opposing design into the die surface. No other cross-references beyond the Wexler listing are known for this variety.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Brian Ribar Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1962-D 1¢ WDDO-004
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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