1952-D Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-010

Description

Rounding out a group of ten cataloged DDO varieties for the 1952-D Lincoln Wheat cent, WDDO-010 was attributed by the Wexler Team and carries the cross-reference Wexler Variety ID: 1952-D 1¢ WDDO-010. Ten distinct doubled die obverse varieties for a single date-mint indicates thorough research attention from the variety collecting community on Denver's 1952 cent production, which exceeded 746 million pieces. As the tenth and final known variety in the current catalog, WDDO-010 likely represents one of the subtler discoveries — a variety that required careful, possibly microscope-aided examination to distinguish from die deterioration or machine doubling artifacts. The distinction between true hub doubling and these mimicking effects is critical: hub doubling shows rounded, fully detailed secondary images because the hub bore the complete design, while machine doubling produces flat, shelf-like distortions caused by die bounce during the striking process. Collectors who have identified WDDO-001 through WDDO-009 and seek the final entry to complete their 1952-D DDO set should prepare for the possibility that WDDO-010's doubling signature may be visible only on limited design elements or in a very specific direction detectable primarily through comparison with the Wexler reference photographs.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 1952-D 1¢ WDDO-010
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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