Though it is a known die variety, and has been for many years, it has only ever been recognized for its die doubling. In our unanimous opinion, the 1943/1942-S Lincoln cent is a true overdate.!

I think he is right, and my fellow die variety specialists Bill Fivaz, John Wexler and James Wiles agree with me, as does noted Lincoln cent specialist and author David Lange. A new World War II overdate variety, a 1943/1942-S Lincoln cent, has been identified by variety experts, after being listed as a “regular” 1943 Lincoln, Doubled Die Obverse cent for years.Ībout a month ago, longtime collector James Elliott contacted me via the internet and said that another collector in the die variety collecting field, Pete Apple, had recommended that he contact me about a 1943-S Lincoln cent that he had with a known doubled die obverse that he thought was also a 1943/2-S overdate.