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I found this on another forum and from all the questions that I see lately I believe that this might be useful here.

By the way, if you see something missing please post additions to this thread. This listing also would tend to slow down a serious copper hoarder.

Also not sure if this should have been posted here or in the roll searching thread.

1909-S VDB
1909-S
1909-S Over horizontal S
1911-S
1911-D Over D (RPM)
1914-D
1914-S
1917-P Doubled Die Obverse
1922 No D
1931-S
1936 Double Die Obverse
1944 D/S Variety 1
1944 D/S Variety 2
1946 S/D
1955 Double die
1970-S Doubled die
1936 Double die obverse, the date, LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST has some doubling.
1941 Double die reverse: Doubling of the date and LIBERTY.
1943-D The D is stamped over another D (RPM).
1943-P Should be a steel cent but there are reports of some struck using copper.
1944-D D over S the mint mark D is stamped over the S.
1946-S S Mint mark stamped over a D mint mark.
1955-D Stamped over a horizontal D.
1955-P No VDB.
1955-P Lincoln Wheat cent Double Die cent.
1956-D D Stamped over a D mint mark.
1958-P Double die obverse.
1959-D First year for Memorial reverse, check for wheat reverse.
1960-D D over D RPM
1960-P Look for Small Date variety, the 6 has a shorter stem than normal.
1963-D Check to see if the 3 in the date is struck over another 3.
1968-D D mint mark stamped over another D.
1968-D Double die reverse, strong doubling in the word AMERICA.
1969-S Lincoln Memorial double die, all design features strongly doubled.
1970-S Small date Lincoln Cent with a doubled die reverse, strong doubling of TRUST & LIBERTY.
1970-S Small Date high 7.
1970-S Level 7. The 7 is level with rest of date.
1971-P Double die obverse, strong doubling on LIBERTY & IN GOD WE TRUST.
1972-p Lincoln doubled die obverse
1973-P No V.D.B.
1980-D A shadow of an S mint mark struck above the D.
1982-P Doubling of IN GOD WE TRUST.
1982 DDR
1983-P Doubled die reverse doubled, IN GOD WE TRUST doubled.
1984-P Doubled ear, look at the ear lobe.
1984-D Doubled Date.
1989-P No VDB.
1992 Close AM
1992-D Close AM
1994-P Doubling of the last three columns on reverse.
1995-P Double die, LIBERTY doubled.
1995-D Double die obverse, strong doubling of the date and LIBERTY.
1996 Wide AM
1997-P Double Die, look at the ear lobe like the 1984.
1998-P Wide AM reverse Lincoln Memorial cent.
1999-P Wide AM reverse Lincoln Memorial cent.
1999-P There may be double dies varieties.
2000-P Wide AM in America.
2003-P May be doubling of the steps, experts say "yes", mint says "no".
2006-P Double Die Obverse
2009 Look for doubling of the thumb
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Try This and Welcome to CCF The Strike IT RICH with pocket change is an excellent book and you won't go wrong buying it. I have it and highly recommend this book. These are also very good books. Profitable Coin Collecting...David L. Ganz.....From the publisher of Coins Magazine. The official Red Book ..A Guide Book of LINCOLN CENTS.....Q. David Bowers. Looking Through Lincoln Cents....Chronology of a Series...second edition......Charles D. Daughtrey, NLG. Personally I liked these books better and cheaper than the cherry pickers guides.
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BadToTheBone I think that I have been on the forum a little longer than you so I don't need to be welcomed. I offered the post as a convenience to other members who are probably less knowledgeable than you. Especially since there are a lot of true newbies asking the question here just like what I was trying to answer.

Thanks anyway for the belated welcome.
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Here are a few that I also look for.

1935 Doubled Die Obverse
1941 Doubled Die Obverse
1964 Doubled Die Reverse
1964d Doubled Die Reverse
1970s Doubled Die Obverse (Large Date)
1980 Doubled Die Obverse
1983 Struck in copper (need to weigh it; you can use a balance type weight with a copper cent on one side; if the coin balances, you could have a copper cent)
2011 Doubled Die Obverse (pick up point in the date)

Notes on the coins you listed:

The best pick up point on the 1968d DDR are the designer's initials (strongly doubled)
The 1980d/s has been refuted by most experts as to not be an overmintmark.
The 1982 DDR is a Small Date (not sure if it is copper or zinc; I think zinc)
The 1996 Wide AM probably does not exist (but I still look for it anyway!)

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@ Ghostrider Well Excuse Me..But All is Cool...No Problem. Just trying to be of some help.
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To add on the list.


1960 P or D small date over large date
1966 DDO or DDR Very Rare
1971 D and S DDO
1972 D and S DDO
1973 DDO
1983 Extra Letters by IN GOD
1985-89 class VI DDOs
1988 DDO double ear Very rare
1990 DDO Very Rare
1992 DDR Initial and America Rare
1994 DDR initial and America rare
1996 1Do-001 rare
2001 DDO
2003 DDR initials and America Rare
2004 DDR E Pluribus Unum
2007 DDO rare
2011 DDRs 2 different ones
2012 1D0-003

Thats all I can think of off the top of my head to add on the list. Theres many DDOs and DDRs in wheats that can be found too.


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Thank you GhostRider....it's a useful list. Recently I purchsed $150 in pennies from my local bank and went through half of it....quite disappointing. Maybe the second box will hold better promise.
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Anyone have any good photos of the double dies or other interesting oddities?
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Roll hunting has been very disappointing for some time. There is a tidal wave of pre-1982 (copper) pennies waiting to be released. That dam will break when the price of copper collapses, or it becomes legal to melt US pennies.
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