1946 (D) Lincoln Wheat Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-008

Description

Twenty doubled die obverses cataloged across the full 1946-D production run attest to the scale of Denver's die manufacturing operation that year. Each working die used to strike Lincoln Cents was sunk from a master hub through a multi-step process involving master die, working hub, and finally working die stages — and misalignment could theoretically occur at any transfer point. WDDO-008 documents the eighth such obverse variety for the 1946-D cent, from the first full postwar year at Denver. The coin's obverse carries all the familiar elements of Brenner's design that have remained essentially unchanged since 1909: Lincoln's contemplative right-facing portrait, the word LIBERTY rendered in a classical serif typeface, and the national motto arranged in an arc above. These enduring design elements, reproduced across billions of coins over more than a century, provide the visual framework within which variety collectors detect and classify hub doubling. Cataloged under Wexler Variety ID 1946-D 1¢ WDDO-008.

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• Wexler Variety ID: 1946-D 1¢ WDDO-008

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