1952-D Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-007

Description

Listed by the Wexler Team under cross-reference Wexler Variety ID: 1952-D 1¢ WDDO-007, this doubled die obverse on the 1952-D Lincoln Wheat cent comes from a year when Denver produced over 746 million cents. The seventh cataloged DDO for this date-mint, WDDO-007 represents part of a modest but meaningful group of hubbing varieties documented across the 1952-D production run. Lincoln Wheat cents from the early 1950s were struck during a transitional period in Mint technology — the basic hub-and-die process that had produced coins since the nineteenth century was still in use, but production speeds and volumes were climbing toward levels that would soon necessitate changes in die preparation methodology. The obverse doubling on WDDO-007, like all true doubled dies, was embedded in the working die during manufacture and therefore appears identically on every cent struck from that die. This distinguishes it from machine doubling, which varies from coin to coin and produces flat, shelf-like displacement rather than the rounded, fully detailed secondary images characteristic of hub doubling. Collectors searching for this variety in circulated 1952-D cents should prioritize examining LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST, the inscription areas where minor doubling is most readily detected on Victor David Brenner's familiar portrait.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 1952-D 1¢ WDDO-007
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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