1943 (D) Lincoln Wheat Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-017
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Denver's role in wartime cent production was substantial — its 217,660,000 steel cents supplemented Philadelphia's even larger output and San Francisco's contribution, ensuring adequate circulating coinage during a period of intense economic activity. Each facility used its own set of working dies, all derived from master hubs shipped from Philadelphia, and any misalignment during the hubbing process at any stage could produce doubled dies. WDDO-017 records the seventeenth such obverse variety from Denver's 1943 steel cent run. The Lincoln portrait's fine hair strands, the precise serifs of LIBERTY, and the delicate numerals of the date all serve as inspection areas where hub displacement becomes detectable under magnification. Collectors who specialize in wartime coinage varieties consider the 1943 steel cent a cornerstone of their holdings. Cataloged under Wexler Variety ID 1943-D 1¢ WDDO-017.
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- Wexler Variety ID: 1943-D 1¢ WDDO-017
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