1943-S Over 2 Lincoln Cent (Fs-101 DDO) Stage B (EMDS)?

Just not seeing this as a legit over date, the dates have more involvement than assumed:

Newer information revealed. See below.

I totally misunderstood your post, I thought you were trying to convince that yours was an overdate. I would concur with yours being the DDO-001 and with the first reverse. So the powers that be have already decided to change to an overdate DDO? I just have a hard time seeing that.

Woah! Didn't expect to see an evaluation this big when I woke up today. The overlays and images on Coin World are pretty convincing..

I'm really wondering how this is going to affect the market for this variety. Will it become a major variety? RedBook listed? PCGS/NGC recognized as a major variety? If so, I'm guessing the price will be rising pretty quickly on this die so collectors can be up to date on their sets.

I also believe this is now the only Lincoln Cent overdate and the latest Cent overdate as the 1888/7 was the latest before this discovery.

-CH27

It's a pretty easy coin to spot in the wild.
The mint mark is centered, upright, and complete. That knocks out the slanted, low, far left, or right mint marks. A horizontal line from the tail of the "9" to the bottom of the "3" runs through the upper loop of the "S". So does the vertical line from the left edge of the "4" south.
The doubling on the "9" is clear with a 5x or 10x loupe in any die state.

There are two reverse dies matched with the obverse. Stages A (EDS) and B (EMDS) are matched with the first reverse die. Stages C (MDS) and later are matched with the second reverse die. The first die wasn't very worn when it was replaced. The second die marker is the weak vertical die crack from the first "U" of PLURIBUS to the "O" of ONE.

It isn't rare. This obverse die had a pretty long life. I found one on a reprocessed cent, so they can be spotted even after reprocessing. It's probably as common as the 1943-P over 2 Jefferson DDO.

I have to agree here. This is an overdate DDO.

Other areas noticed on this over date. The designs were not exact and left doubling on other areas besides the date.

NGC now lists this as "1943/1942 S FS-101" in its census.

This is the coin that I posted on Facebook and that mr.Elliott spotted and started his campain to get it recognized as a 1943/42. He considers this the Discovery coin and though it traveled through a few chanels , I'm happy to say he now ownes it.

Not surprisingly, ebay is now full of listings of coins claiming to be the overdate DDO. Most of the listings are bogus.

Here is a marked photo showing the mm location of the 1943/2-S Overdate DDO (FS-101):


There are at least seven 1943-S cents with mint marks fairly close to the FS-101.
Two have mint marks that are a too low. The line from the tail of the "9" to the bottom of the "3" runs through the extreme top of the upper loop of the "S". The correct location is shown above.
Two have mint marks tilted to the right. The FS-101's mm is vertical. On the tilted mm coins, the vertical line from the west side of the "4" runs through the left side of the top curl, rather than through the loop.
One has a mm that is quite a bit too high. The line from the tail of the "9" to the bottom of the "3" runs through the middle curve of the "S" (and actually barely into the bottom loop) rather than through the top loop.
One has a mm with a plugged lower loop. This mm is slightly west of the correct mm, but the plugged lower loop is a dead giveaway that it is the wrong die.
One has a deceptively close mm, but the mm is much weaker and the coin has a very weak ("ghost") "4" in the date.

The FS-101 in all die states has (1) a strong, clear mm located as shown, (2) a strong "4" in the date, and (3) plainly evident doubling of the "9" in the date.