1945-D Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-009

Description

Ninth in the documented DDO sequence for the 1945-D Lincoln Wheat cent, WDDO-009 was cataloged by the Wexler Team under cross-reference Wexler Variety ID: 1945-D 1¢ WDDO-009. The position just below the double-digit threshold suggests a variety with moderate visibility — more substantial than the highly subtle varieties numbered in the teens, yet perhaps not as immediately obvious as the top-tier discoveries in the WDDO-001 to WDDO-005 range. Denver's wartime production of over 266 million cents in 1945 ensured an ample population for variety researchers to examine, and the systematic work of the Wexler Team has identified at least sixteen DDO varieties across this population. The nine-position indicates this was likely neither the earliest nor the latest discovery for the date, falling into the steady accumulation of documented varieties that characterized the mid-period of Wheat cent DDO research. Collectors approaching the 1945-D DDO set sequentially — from WDDO-001 upward — may find WDDO-009 represents the point where attribution begins to require more careful comparison between adjacent varieties, as the differences between nearby catalog numbers can narrow as the most distinctive spreads are accounted for in the lower-numbered entries. Reference photographs and known die markers are the essential tools for confirming this attribution.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 1945-D 1¢ WDDO-009
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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