1946-S Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-004

Description

Identifying doubled die varieties requires patience, consistent technique, and an understanding of what constitutes genuine hub doubling versus the many other forms of visual anomaly that can appear on circulated coins. Contact marks, environmental damage, and mechanical doubling from loose die fit all produce surface irregularities that an inexperienced eye might mistake for hub doubling. The key diagnostic is consistency: true DDO doubling appears in the same location, at the same angle, and with the same characteristics on every coin struck from that die, and it displays the rounded, three-dimensional profile of a genuine secondary impression rather than the flat, displaced shelving of machine doubling. WDDO-004 from the 1946-S Lincoln Wheat Cent is the fourth doubled die obverse cataloged for San Francisco's postwar issue, produced on standard bronze planchets during the facility's transition from wartime to peacetime operations. Cataloged under Wexler Variety ID 1946-S 1¢ WDDO-004.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 1946-S 1¢ WDDO-004
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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