1956-D Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-017

Description

Producing over a billion cents in a single year required Denver to cycle through working dies at an extraordinary rate, with each die capable of striking roughly 250,000 to 500,000 coins before replacement. Simple arithmetic suggests that the 1956-D production run consumed somewhere between two thousand and four thousand obverse dies — and every one of those dies represented an individual hub-to-die transfer event where misalignment could occur. WDDO-017 documents the seventeenth doubled die obverse from this immense die population, cataloged through the Wexler Team's systematic attribution framework. The doubling on a hub-doubled die is raised and rounded, matching the contour of the original design element, which separates it from flat, shelf-like mechanical doubling caused by die bounce during striking. Collectors searching for this variety should examine well-preserved specimens where fine detail remains intact across the obverse inscriptions. Cataloged under Wexler Variety ID 1956-D 1¢ WDDO-017.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 1956-D 1¢ WDDO-017
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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