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2006 Doubled Ear
Lincoln Cent
1st Strong Variety
Found For Date/Denomination!
by Ken Potter - NLG
Photos by Ken Potter © Ken Potter 2007
Images © Ken Potter 2007
March 03, 2007 -- Wendell
Carper of PA found the first strong doubled die obverse reported for the 2006
Lincoln cent!
The coin boasts a Lincoln portrait with a strongly doubled earlobe with
the secondary lobe fully displaced from its point of origin to the southwest on
Lincoln’s upper neck. Significant
doubling can also be seen in the lower areas of Lincoln’s beard.
Wendell, found this one while looking through a handful of cents back in
August of last year and reported it on January
27 of this year. It is the only example he found of this variety so
far.
The
CONECA Variety
Master Listing carries two other doubled die obverses for the 2006
cent and both are described as exhibiting a medium spread. Other variety
coin examiners have also listed a number of 2006 cents with hub doubled obverses
and all that have been published so far have exhibited minor spreads or
thickening.
This new doubled ear variety has been assigned an
"FS" listing number of FS-01-2006-101 by J.T. Stanton and will
be included in future editions of the Cherrypickers' Guide To Rare Die Varieties
by Bill Fivaz and Stanton. More information and images on the variety can
be found in the next issue of Numismatic News and Coin World.
Note: Right after the NN article was submitted
to the publisher last week, word of a second strong 2006 doubled die began to
circulate on the Internet that also appears to be of major significance.
This one is of a more classic appearance with what appears to be off set hub
type of doubling with some tilt on the date,
LIBERTY and IGWT and possibly other areas. We have one on the way and hope
to show it soon!