1941 Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-013

Description

Wexler Variety ID 1941 1¢ WDDO-013 records a doubled die obverse on the Lincoln Wheat Cent struck at Philadelphia during the pivotal year of 1941. The date marked America's transition from cautious neutrality to full wartime mobilization following the December 7 attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Mint's massive cent output reflected the economic activity of a nation rapidly arming itself. Each doubled die variety tells a story about a single moment in the die shop when a working hub and a working die came together with imperfect registration, permanently encoding a deviation into every coin the die subsequently produced. WDDO-013 joins a large family of 1941 doubled dies that collectively document the manufacturing tolerances of mid-twentieth-century Mint equipment. Identifying this specific variety requires attention to which elements of Brenner's portrait and surrounding legends show displacement, as the pattern of affected areas serves as the fingerprint that separates one WDDO number from another in the attribution reference.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 1941 1¢ WDDO-013
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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