1972 Doubled Die Obverse DDO-008

Description

Eighth numbered doubled die obverse for the 1972 Philadelphia Lincoln cent, DDO-008 shows medium Class I spread affecting LIBER of LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, and the full date — a doubling footprint comparable in breadth to DDO-007 but produced by a different die with its own distinct hub offset characteristics. The Cherrypickers' Guide lists this variety as FS-108, catalog number 033.58, placing it in the recognized canon of collectible 1972 doubled die varieties. Unique die pair identifiers UVC-2291 and DMR-011 distinguish this variety from all others in the series. The obverse die is classified as ODV-027a — the "Not Re-Engraved" variant — maintaining the pattern seen across DDO-005 through DDO-008 where all four consecutive varieties share the same obverse die variant classification, suggesting they were prepared during the same die manufacturing campaign without hand-reworking. Class I doubled dies form when a working die receives multiple impressions from the hub with a rotational misalignment between impressions. In the case of DDO-008, this rotation was sufficient to produce medium-visible doubling across multiple design elements — enough to satisfy the attribution threshold for FS listing while representing the middle ground between subtler varieties that require careful examination and the dramatic heavy-spread varieties (like WDDO-001) that collectors can spot without magnification. The spread across the full date makes DDO-008 identifiable through date examination as an initial screening step.

Die Markers

• UVC-2291; DMR-011

Attribution History

• FS-108

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