1947 Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-004

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Verified LegacyDoubled Die Obverse

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Wexler Team

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Discovery Date

1947

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Description

Four doubled die obverses for the 1947 Philadelphia Wheat Cent mark this as a date with moderate variety potential, produced during the immediate postwar transition when the Mint was normalizing operations after years of emergency wartime production. Philadelphia struck approximately 190 million cents in 1947 — a significant decline from the billion-plus figures of 1944-1945, reflecting reduced demand as wartime hoarding subsided and military needs contracted. WDDO-004 is the last in the current Wexler sequence for this date, cataloged under Variety ID: 1947 1¢ WDDO-004. Hub doubling on Brenner's obverse portrait creates separation on inscriptions and portrait details that varies in strength and direction depending on the specific displacement event. Without published die markers or cross-references in competing catalogs, positive attribution requires comparison with the Wexler Team's diagnostic photographs showing the exact nature and location of the doubling spread.