1946 (S) Lincoln Wheat Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-011

Description

Closing out the current DDO catalog for the 1946-S Lincoln Wheat Cent, WDDO-011 is the eleventh doubled die obverse confirmed for San Francisco's postwar production. Eleven varieties from a single date and mintmark illustrate how high-volume Mint operations create the conditions for repeated hub misalignment, and how dedicated attributors transform those manufacturing variations into a structured reference catalog. The 1946-S cent belongs to the final era of large-scale circulating cent production at San Francisco before the facility pivoted toward proof and collector issues. For the variety collector, these coins represent accessible research material — common enough to acquire in quantity, well-documented enough to provide clear attribution targets, and historically interesting enough to reward the time spent examining them under magnification. Cataloged under Wexler Variety ID 1946-S 1¢ WDDO-011.

Cross References

• Wexler Variety ID: 1946-S 1¢ WDDO-011

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