1946 Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-010

Description

Wexler Variety ID: 1946 1¢ WDDO-010 documents a doubled die obverse from Philadelphia's massive 1946 cent production, a year when nearly a billion cents poured into a nation eager to resume peacetime commerce. Factories that had built tanks and bombers were retooling for refrigerators and automobiles, and the modest cent facilitated the countless small transactions of that consumer awakening. Composed of shell-case brass at 95% copper and 5% zinc, these cents carried the same recycled military alloy from wartime. Hub doubling on WDDO-010 occurred during die manufacture, when the master hub was pressed into the working die blank under enormous hydraulic force. The distinction between hub doubling and machine doubling is critical: hub doubling appears as a sharply defined secondary image with full detail, while machine doubling is flat and featureless. Under President Truman, the nation navigated price controls, housing shortages, and the early Cold War, all while conducting daily business with coins like these. Wexler documentation ensures this variety's place in the permanent numismatic record.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 1946 1¢ WDDO-010
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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