1945 (D) Lincoln Wheat Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-007

Description

Seventh in the 1945-D DDO catalog and cross-referenced as Wexler Variety ID: 1945-D 1¢ WDDO-007, this doubled die obverse was attributed by the Wexler Team within their comprehensive documentation of Denver's wartime Wheat cent production. WDDO-007 occupies a favorable position in the sequence — early enough to suggest a variety with reasonably visible doubling characteristics, yet part of a larger family of sixteen-plus DDO varieties that collectively demonstrate the scope of hubbing variability at the Denver Mint during 1945. The seventh variety in any DDO date-mint sequence typically carries doubling that is confirmable with a standard 10x loupe by a practiced attributor, positioning it as an accessible target for collectors building DDO date sets. Denver's 1945 cent output of over 266 million pieces was the last full year of production before postwar economic adjustments reduced demand and shifted compositions. The working dies that produced WDDO-007 and its companion varieties were created through the same multi-impression hubbing process that had been standard at all Mint facilities for decades, and the sheer volume of dies required for a 266-million-piece production run made hubbing irregularities statistically inevitable. Collectors searching for this variety should focus on identifying the specific obverse design elements carrying doubling and matching them to the Wexler reference images for WDDO-007.

Cross References

• Wexler Variety ID: 1945-D 1¢ WDDO-007

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