1920-D Repunched Mintmark WRPM-001

Description

First cataloged repunched mintmark for the 1920 Denver Mint Lincoln Wheat Cent, Wexler designation 1920-D 1¢ WRPM-001 documents the initial RPM discovery for this early post-World War I date. The WRPM-001 sequence number establishes this as the foundational entry for the 1920-D in the Wexler repunched mintmark registry, with no other known cross-references in competing attribution systems. The year 1920 marked the beginning of the post-war economic adjustment period, when the United States Mint was transitioning from wartime production priorities back to peacetime coinage output. Denver Mint cent production in 1920 was substantial, with a mintage of approximately 49.3 million pieces, and each working die shipped from Philadelphia required an individually hand-punched D mintmark before entering production service. The repunching documented in WRPM-001 resulted from the standard mintmark application process: when the initial D punch impression was deemed unsatisfactory due to misalignment, insufficient depth, tilt, or other deficiency, the operator applied a corrective second punch, leaving overlapping letter traces that created the diagnostic repunched mintmark visible on struck coins. As the first RPM cataloged for the 1920-D, this variety occupies the anchoring position in the date's RPM record and serves as the reference baseline against which any subsequent 1920-D RPM discoveries would be compared and classified. The Wexler Team's systematic approach to RPM documentation ensures that even single-entry dates like the 1920-D receive the same cataloging rigor as dates with dozens of documented varieties, maintaining consistency across the entire Lincoln Wheat Cent RPM reference database.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Lloyd Hanson Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1920-D 1¢ WRPM-001
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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