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You are viewing the CopperCoins catalog page for 1953P•1DO•003, a documented Lincoln cent die variety. This listing is cataloged as a Doubled Die Obverse, from 1953, and struck at the Philadelphia Mint. It is recorded as Class 4 - Offset Hub Doubling. Below you will find 1 stage of identification photos and markers, catalog cross references, and reported values for coins minted with this die.
Pre-attribution image for 1953P•1DO•003

1953P•1DO•003

Class 4 - Offset Hub Doubling

Die Notes

Extra eyelid south of primary

Cross references

  • WEXLER: WDDO-002

Value guide

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F12
VF20
EF40
AU50
UNC
ChBU
GemBU
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
12.00
16.00
25.00

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Each stage tab below is clickable — it opens more identification photos and marker notes for that stage (A, B, C, and so on). Start on the summary above, then switch tabs to see how the die evolved.

Reverse is MDS

  • Extra upper eyelid south of primary
  • Date for reference.
  • Concentric die scratch from back of shoulder toward LIBERTY.
  • Concentric die scratches between TR in TRUST.
  • Die gouge on chin.
  • Concentric scratch between VDB and rim.
  • Concentric die scratch from L in LIBERTY near rim.
  • ENE die scratches inside top O in ONE.
  • Concentric die scratches through PLURIBUS.
  • NW die scratch from top of O in OF.

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Credit for this coin goes to: Jim Fletcher