You are viewing the CopperCoins catalog page for 1955P•1DO•002, a documented Lincoln cent die variety. This listing is cataloged as a Doubled Die Obverse, from 1955, and struck at the Philadelphia Mint. It is recorded as Class 2 + 5 - Distorted and Pivoted Hub Doubling. Below you will find 2 stages of identification photos and markers, catalog cross references, and reported values for coins minted with this die.

1955P•1DO•002

Class 2 + 5 - Distorted and Pivoted Hub Doubling

Type: Doubled Die Obverse (DO)
Doubled Dies topic hub
Design types · Design Varieties
Obverse design type: Flat serif G obverse
Reverse design type: Wheat reverse

Die Notes

Nice distorted and clockwise pivoted (from K-6) doubling shows on the motto, LIBERTY, and the eyelid. This doubled die has proven to be extremely scarce and very difficult to obtain. Old #021.9

Cross references

WEXLER: WDDO-002
CONECA: DDO-002
FIVAZ/STANTON: FS-102
CRAWFORD: CDDO-002
NGC: VP-002

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AU50

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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.

Obverse: Die dot on neck. Small die dot on edge of beard. Reverse is MDS

Reverse: Small die gouge above the T in CENT. A die dot shows near the O in OF. Light SE die scratch from top of left wheat stalk toward O in ONE. SW die scratch from last A in AMERICA to right wheat stem. Small die gouge near N in ONE.

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