1956-D Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-027

Description

The span from WDDO-012 through WDDO-052 on the 1956-D cent — over forty cataloged doubled die obverses within a single date and mintmark — illustrates how die production volume scales directly with variety frequency. When Denver manufactured the thousands of working dies needed to strike over one billion cents, the probability of hub misalignment during any individual die sinking event remained roughly constant, but the aggregate number of misaligned dies grew proportionally with total die production. WDDO-027 is the twenty-seventh doubled die obverse identified for the 1956-D issue, one data point in a statistical pattern that variety researchers have observed across the entire Lincoln Cent series: higher-mintage dates consistently yield more cataloged die varieties. This relationship between production scale and variety count provides collectors with a predictive framework for estimating how many undiscovered varieties might still exist on heavily produced dates. Cataloged under Wexler Variety ID 1956-D 1¢ WDDO-027.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 1956-D 1¢ WDDO-027
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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