1942 (D) Lincoln Wheat Cent - Repunched Mintmark WRPM-009

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Attribution

Discovered by

John Bordner

Verified by

Wexler Team

Original Research

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Discovery Date

1942

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Description

1942-D WRPM-009 is a repunched mint mark on the 1942-D Lincoln Wheat cent, cataloged by the Wexler team. Wexler describes it as D/D West, with the secondary D west of the primary. Obverse: a series of slanted scratches under the bust; a scratch that leaves the hair at the head's top front and heads ENE, left of TRUST's T; a long scratch heading SW from the bottom of LIBERTY's T; and a short scratch heading SW from the bottom of LIBERTY's I. Reverse: a dot above and right of UNITED's D, and a short scratch running west off the base of STATES' first S. John Bordner submitted the variety. CONECA lists it as RPM #8; the Coppercoins number is 1942D-1MM-008. Brian Ribar took the photos for the Wexler RPM Files. Wexler includes it in its "Best Of" varieties.

Cross References

CONECA: RPM #8, Coppercoins: 1942D-1MM-008 Comments: The photos of this variety were taken by Brian Ribar for the Wexler RPM Files.; Wexler Variety ID: 1942-D 1¢ WRPM-009