1970 Doubled Die Obverse DDO-012

Description

Departing from single-location doubling, DDO-012 on the 1970 Lincoln Memorial cent exhibits light spread across multiple design elements: the LIB of LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, and the 0 of the date. This multi-area pattern indicates a broader rotational or tilting component to the hub misalignment, causing the secondary impression to diverge across a wider arc of the die face. Tracked under die markers UVC-2297 and DMR-013, DDO-012 presents an interesting attribution dynamic: while the spread is light on each individual element, the cumulative evidence across three areas makes identification more straightforward than single-location light-spread varieties, because the collector can cross-check doubling in LIBERTY against IGWT against the date. If all three show consistent displacement direction, the attribution is confirmed. Collectors should scan LIB, then IN GOD WE TRUST, then the 0, looking for thin extra bars consistent in direction across all three zones.

Die Markers

• UVC-2297; DMR-013

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