1945 (D) Lincoln Wheat Cent - Repunched Mintmark RPM-013

Description

A D/D Southwest repunched mintmark on this 1945-D Wheat Cent was documented by VarietyVista with die markers UVC-200 / DMR-015. The die life develops significant late-stage cracking. Stage A at EDS (unconfirmed); Stage B with obverse and reverse at MDS; Stage C at LDS with a die crack in the hair, a die crack from the head to the rim through the first T of TRUST, and the reverse also at LDS. The head-to-rim crack through TRUST traces a dramatic fracture path from Lincoln's portrait through the motto to the coin's edge, documenting substantial structural failure. Composed of 95% copper and 5% zinc, weighing 3.11 grams with a 19.05 mm diameter. Struck at the Denver Mint in 1945, the final year of World War II. The southwest displacement indicates the initial D was placed northeast, with the corrective second strike shifting the final location southwest.

Die Markers

• UVC-200
• DMR-015
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Obverse and Reverse are MDS
• Stage C:
• Die crack in hair – LDS
• Die crack head to rim through first T of TRUST
• Reverse is LDS

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