1941-D Repunched Mintmark WRPM-022

Description

Twenty-second cataloged repunched mintmark for the 1941-D Lincoln Wheat Cent, WRPM-022 shows the D mintmark repunched over a previous D to the south, continuing the extensive D/D South pattern that dominates the 1941-D RPM population. No visible obverse die markers have been documented, placing the attribution emphasis entirely on the repunched mintmark displacement visible under magnification. Cross-referenced under Wexler Variety ID: 1941-D 1¢ WRPM-022 with no other known references, this variety was attributed by the Wexler Team. Twenty-two RPMs for a single date-mint combination constitutes one of the larger documented populations in the Wheat Cent RPM census, reflecting both the high volume of dies prepared for Denver's 1941 cent production and the inherent variability of hand-punched mintmark placement. Before the U.S. Mint transitioned to hubbed mintmarks in 1990, each working die received its mintmark through a separate manual operation, where a skilled technician positioned a letter punch and struck it with a mallet. The 1941-D cent's mintage exceeded 128 million pieces, requiring scores of working dies throughout the production run, and each die's mintmark placement was an independent event subject to the operator's judgment and precision on that particular day.

Attribution History

• Discovered by John Bordner Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1941-D 1¢ WRPM-022
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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