Found Today Roll Searching 1983-P LMC WDDR-003

And the widening of the devices is from a Struck Through Grease issue. Not Die Deterioration. Die Deterioration affects the outside edges of devices, not inside edge of devices.

But after a second look this is WDDO-003 but in a much later die state. The die scratches have faded a lot and some are missing. But it is that die.

I'm going to have to look up a few more examples of this die state to see if I can find a BU one.

I found an earlier die state example and the same one that John Wexler is posting. But nothing as late a die state as this coin.

That is WDDR-003, great find! Die scratches match.

Someone else just posted one of these and everyone said it wasn't a DDR, apparently they didn't learn their lesson.

"UNI" shows no notching on your coin. On Wexler's you can see it on the bottom of the "NI". The "U" clearly shows Machine Doubling. Notice how the right upright is narrowed on the high point.

Okay, now I see it. Thank you for clarifying. That's a hard one to photograph.

I was going to recommend this.

Bump

I received this from John Wexler today on this coin.
Hello James,

I have processed the coin that you submitted for attribution in a package postmarked June 4, 2018.

Your analysis of your 1983 Lincoln Cent is spot on. It is indeed a specimen of 1983 1¢ WDDR-003 just as you described it to be. Anyone that was calling it Mechanical Doubling was way off.

Congratulations on the nice find. It is already illustrated on the appropriate page of my website. I plan to use your find in my "Varieties Notebook" column in Coin World. It is scheduled to appear in the November 19, 2018 installment of that column.

If you should decide to send the doubled die to ANACS to be slabbed with the Wexler File number, be sure to include a copy of this letter along with the coin.

Good luck with all of your collecting efforts.

Sincerely,
John A. Wexler