1944 Lincoln Wheat Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-007

Description

Seventh DDO for the 1944 Philadelphia Wheat Cent, positioned in the early-to-middle range of the Wexler catalog where varieties typically exhibit clearly identifiable but not dramatic doubling spread. Philadelphia's wartime cent production peaked at this date with over 1.43 billion shell-case brass pieces struck, an output figure that consumed working dies at a rate demanding continuous hub-to-die manufacture. Wexler Variety ID: 1944 1¢ WDDO-007 is cataloged without supplementary die markers or competing cross-references. The shell-case brass alloy, while similar in copper-zinc ratio to later standard brass compositions, carried trace elements from its ammunition casing origin that occasionally produced subtle surface differences on finished coins. Seven DDO varieties represents only a portion of the total catalog for 1944, with additional entries extending into double digits. Each variety preserves a record of a specific moment during die manufacture when the hubbing press failed to achieve perfect registration between successive impressions.

Cross References

• Wexler Variety ID: 1944 1¢ WDDO-007

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