The obverse of the 2009 Presidency In Washington Lincoln cents shows the traditional Lincoln cent obverse that has been in use since the series was introduced in 1909. The target area for doubled dies on this design is the area around the bottom of Lincoln's ear, the ERTY of LIBERTY, and the date. The reverse of the 2009 Presidency In Washington Lincoln cents shows the Capitol building in Washington D.C. which has a half finished dome. The target area for doubled dies on this design would be the area at the bottom of the dome and tro the left of the triangular roof structure. While the entire obverse and reverse should be examined carefully for doubling, the target area is where you are most likely going to find the doubled die doubling.
If you have any 2009 Presidency in Washington Lincoln cent doubled die varieties that are not shown on this page, we would love to add them to our files. Go to the Coin Examinationspage to find the guidelines for submitting coins for attribution. Just click on the link in the left column menu to access that page.
In the following listings the person listed as "Submitted By" is the person who sent the coin for listing in the Wexler Doubled Die Files. It is not necessarily the person who originally discovered the variety.
2009 1¢ PW WDDO-001
Description: Some extra thickness shows to the letters of LIBERTY and the digits of the date. Notches show on the upper left ERTY of LIBERTY.
Die Markers:Obverse Stage A: A die gouge can be found in the field north of the 1st zero. A die gouge can be found in the field well west of the top of the ear. A die crack runs NNW through the eyebrow into the forehead. Obverse Stage B: A die crack runs from SW to NE through the hair on the upper back of the head ending at the top of the head below WE. Reverse Stage A: A small die gouge (dot) can be found below the T in CENT. Reverse Stage B: A large die gouge can be found just above the right end of the Capitol building.
Submitted By: Stage A: Cathy Barker & Marilyn Keeney, Stage B: Marilyn Keeney
Cross References: None known
2009 1¢ PW WDDO-002
Description: Extra thickness shows on the letters of LIBERTY and the lower hair and beard details. Notches show on the lower right RTY of LIBERTY.
Die Markers:Obverse: Two parallel die scratches run NE from the lips. Two parallel die scratches run NE from the front of the eyebrow. A die crack runs from SW to NE through the hair on the upper back of the head. A die crack runs NW through the eyebrow into the forehead. A die crack runs from NW to SE through the upper front of the forehead. Reverse: A die scratch runs SE from the rim above the U of UNITED. A die scratch runs from SW to NE above the left side of the unfinished dome. A die crack runs from the rim at about 9:00 ENE through the upper left side of the Capitol building.
Submitted By: John A. Wexler
Cross References: None known
2009 1¢ PW WDDR-001 "Best Of" Variety
Description: Significant extra thickness shows on the window structures on the left side of the unfinished Capitol building. The upper steps are wavy.
Die Markers: Obverse Stage A: A die crack runs from SW to NE through the hair on the upper back of the head. A pre-die crack depression runs NW through the eyebrow into the forehead. A pre-die crack depression runs NNW to SSE through the upper front of the forehead. ObverseStage B: A die crack runs NW through the eyebrow into the forehead. A die crack runs NNW to SSE through the upper front of the forehead. A die crack runs down the left side of the bowtie. Obverse Stage C: A die gouge can be found near the rim at 3:00 well NNE of the 9. The die crack through the hair on the upper back of the head now runs north into the field ending about half way to the bottom left W in WE and also extends down ending to the left of the upper ear. A die crack runs west to east across the left base of the bust above the V.D.B. and then south to the rim at about 6:30. Obverse Stage D: The die crack through the hair now extends all the way to the bottom left W in WE. Reverse Stage A: A small die gouge can be found below the bottom right N of CENT. ReverseStage B: A die crack runs east from the bottom right corner of the steps over the JFM and then SE to the rim. Reverse Stage C: A die crack runs SSE from the rim through the left side of the O in OF. Reverse Stage D: The die crack from the bottom right corner of the steps is now very heavy and extends NW through the structure to the right of the steps.
Submitted By: Stage A: James A. Porter, Stage B: Ronald Traino, Stage C & D: Marilyn Keeney
Cross References: None known
The frames around the windows and all of the columns seen here are much thicker than on a normal 2009 Presidency In Washington Lincoln cent. Compare the features in this photo with the same features in the next photo which shows a normal 2009 Presidency In Washington Lincoln cent.
Here we see the normal features around the windows and the columns on a 2009 Presidency In Washington Lincoln cent. Compare with the previous photo which shows the extra thick features of the doubled die.
2009 1¢ PW WWHR-001
Description: Significant extra thickness shows on the window structures on the left side of the unfinished Capitol building. The doubling is not quite as strong as that seen on 2009 1¢ PW WDDR-001.
Die Markers:Obverse: A small die gouge can be found just to the right of the tip of the nose. A small die gouge can be found below the 2 in the date. A die crack runs from SW to NE through the hair on the upper head. A die crack runs NW through the eyebrow into the forehead. A die crack runs from NW to SE through the upper front of the forehead. Reverse: A short die gouge can be found below the left side of the U in UNITED. A die gouge can be found above the M in JFM. Two small die gouges (dots) can be found on the lower T of CENT and two small die gouges (dots) can be found to the right of the lower T of CENT. A short diagonal die gouge can be found below the T of CENT.
Submitted By: John A. Wexler
Cross References: None known
Extra thick window details are seen here on 2009 1¢ PW WWHR-001.
Again we see the normal features around the windows and the columns on a 2009 Presidency In Washington Lincoln cent. Compare with the previous photo which shows the extra thick features of the doubled die.
2009 1¢ PW WWHR-002
Description: Extra column details can be seen inside the windows and door just below the triangular roof structure and in the windows immediately to the left of that structure.
Die Markers: Obverse and reverse die markers vary among the various working dies.
Submitted By: Cathy Barker, Dennis Sanderson, Marilyn Keeney, David C. Egeland
Cross References: None known
Comments: This abnormality is being found on both Philadelphia and Denver Mint coins. It is not certain at this time whether a doubled working hub is involved or if it is something in the design itself that does not manifest itself on all dies. Either way it should ultimately prove to be too common to have any value beyond the normal numismatic value of coins in this series.
2009-D 1¢ PW WDDO-001
Description: Strong extra thickness can be found on the letters of LIBERTY and on the lower hair and beard details.
Die Markers: Obverse: A pre-die crack depression runs NW through the eyebrow. Reverse: EDS. None noted.
Submitted By: Joseph Koelling
Cross References: Crawford: CDDO-001
2009-D 1¢ PW WDDO-002
Description: Extra thickness can be found on the ERTY of LIBERTY.
Die Markers: Obverse: A small die gouge (dot) can be found to the right of the D in GOD. Reverse: Two parallel die scratches run from SW to NE to the right of the G in SG.
Submitted By: Joseph Koelling
Cross References: Crawford: CDDO-002
2009-D 1¢ PW WDDO-003
Description: Light extra
thickness can be found on the letters of LIBERTY.
Die Markers: Obverse: A small die gouge (dot) can be found below
the second zero in the date. Reverse:
None significant.
Submitted By: Richard Ray
Cross References: None known
2009-D 1¢ PW WDDO-004
Description: Extra thickness
can be found on the letters of LIBERTY.
Notches can be found on the lower left corners of the ERTY in LIBERTY.
Die Markers: Obverse: None significant. Reverse: None significant.