1941-D Repunched Mintmark WRPM-013

Description

Displaying a D/D/D mintmark position punched south and tilted with rotation, this thirteenth documented repunched mintmark for the 1941 Denver Mint Lincoln Wheat Cent demonstrates the complexities of manual mintmark application during the pre-1990 era. Key attribution points distinguish this variety from similar WRPM entries for the same date: the primary mintmark sits lower than both WRPM-010 and WRPM-012, and also further east than those two varieties, establishing a unique positional fingerprint. Die scratches running north from the upper area of Lincoln's vest, positioned left of the first numeral 1 in the date, serve as the primary obverse die marker. No prominent reverse die markers have been identified. Cross-referenced under Wexler Variety ID: 1941-D 1¢ WRPM-013, this variety was attributed by the Wexler Team. Before 1990, individual mintmark letters were hand-punched into working dies at the Philadelphia Mint before they were shipped to branch mints. Imprecise placement, tilting, or multiple strikes of the mintmark punch produced the repunched mintmark varieties that collectors pursue today. The 1941-D Wheat Cent was struck during the final peacetime year before American entry into World War II, and Denver's cent output that year exceeded 887 million pieces — creating ample opportunity for mintmark punch anomalies across many working dies.

Attribution History

• Discovered by John Bordner Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1941-D 1¢ WRPM-013
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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