1945 Lincoln Wheat Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-003

Description

Third doubled die obverse for the 1945 Philadelphia Wheat Cent, struck in the shell-case brass composition used from 1944 until the Mint's 1947 return to standard bronze. Wexler Variety ID: 1945 1¢ WDDO-003. Position three in the Wexler sequence places this among the more prominent DDO varieties for the date — the convention of assigning lower numbers to stronger or more significant varieties means WDDO-003 likely exhibits more pronounced separation than the higher-numbered entries such as WDDO-005 also cataloged for 1945. The wartime shell-case brass planchets are identifiable through their slightly different copper-zinc ratio compared to pre-war bronze, and certification services sometimes note the alloy distinction on their holders. No supplementary die markers or competing cross-references have been published for this working die.

Cross References

• Wexler Variety ID: 1945 1¢ WDDO-003

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