1945 (D) Lincoln Wheat Cent - Repunched Mintmark RPM-008

Description

Struck at the Denver Mint during the final year of World War II, this 1945-D Lincoln Wheat Cent carries a repunched mint mark cataloged as RPM-008 by VarietyVista. Repunched mint marks on wartime cents arose because each working die received its mint mark by hand using a separate punch, and slight misalignment between impressions left traces of the earlier strike visible beneath or beside the final position. The variety is assigned UVC-195 and DMR-010 within the VarietyVista attribution system. Three die stages have been identified: Stage A in early die state remains unconfirmed, Stage B shows the obverse at mid-die state with the reverse progressing to late die state, and Stage C in late die state is also unconfirmed. The 1945 Lincoln Wheat Cent was composed of the wartime brass alloy of 95% copper with 5% zinc, which replaced the zinc-coated steel composition used exclusively in 1943. Victor David Brenner's iconic obverse design, introduced in 1909, continued through 1958 as the longest-running portrait cent of its era.

Die Markers

• UVC-195
• DMR-010
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Obverse is MDS
• Reverse is LDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

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