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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: CENTS - LINCOLN, MEMORIAL REVERSE
Item Description: 1C 1972 DOUBLED DIE OBV
Full Grade: NGC MS 65 RB
Owner: Cellgazer

Set Details

Custom Sets: This coin is not in any custom sets.
Competitive Sets: Leftovers   Score: 1290
Seconds   Score: 1290
Third seconds   Score: 1290
Fourth seconds   Score: 1290
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for Lincoln Cents, Memorial Reverse (1959-2008)

Owner Comments:

This strongly doubled die is one of the most visually dramatic varieties in the Lincoln Memorial cent series. It caused a sensation when it was first discovered in 1972 and collector interest has never faded. The entire obverse is fully doubled, with the doubling clear both on the legends, IN GOD WE TRUST and LIBERTY, and on the date. Each element shows a slightly offset replication of itself. The variety was created when the die that struck the coins was produced, and it received two misaligned impressions of the design from the hub. The doubling was then struck on each coin in the same way.

Garrett, Jeff; Schechter, Scott; Bressett, Kenneth; Bowers, Q. David (2011-03-04). 100 Greatest US Modern Coins (Kindle Locations 959-963). Whitman Publishing. Kindle Edition.

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