1956 (D) Lincoln Wheat Cent - Doubled Mint Mark WDMM-001

Description

1956-D WDMM-001 is a dual mint mark on the 1956-D Lincoln Wheat cent, cataloged by the Wexler team. An S punch shows between the lower parts of the date's 1 and 9. Obverse Stage A has a light scratch running NNW from the middle of the forehead to the front of the hair; a short east-west scratch above the upper lip and nose that reaches into the field; and, on TRUST's last T, a scratch linking the left side of the crossbar to the lower vertical bar on its left, plus a short scratch heading ESE from the right center of the vertical bar. Stage B adds a scratch running south from the bottom center of the mint mark to the tip of the bust. On Stage C the Stage A markers are weaker and the mint mark scratch is gone. By Stage D the only marker left is the forehead-to-hair scratch from Stage A, now weak. Stage E adds a crack heading SE from the middle of the shoulder and then turning ESE toward the bust. Reverse Stage A has NNE-SSW scratches, heaviest along ONE's O, CENT's C and UNITED's U, and two long scratches crossing in an X between the left wheat tip, the rim and the E of E PLURIBUS UNUM. Stage C shows a light, short east-west crack at the upper left corner of ONE's E, with the Stage A and B markers weak. On Stage D only faint traces of earlier markers remain, and heavy abrasion runs through the NIT of UNITED, with new NW-SE scratches there. On Stage E the scratches at the NIT (Wexler writes AMERICA) have been abraded away, and heavy abrasion marks show at the A and second T of STATES. Hartley H. Cole submitted the variety. Cherrypickers lists it as FS-01-1956D-511, Crawford as CDMM-001 and Coppercoins as 1956D-1OM-001. Wexler's comments say every leading die variety file lists it except CONECA's, which recently delisted it, judging it at most the top loop of an S punched upside down. A coin recently submitted by Hartley G. Cole shows an S mint mark that is nearly complete between the lower 1 and 9, while later states show only part of the S.

Cross References

• Cherrypickers: FS-01-1956D-511, Crawford: CDMM-001, Coppercoins: 1956D-1OM-001 Comments: This variety is listed in all of the leading die variety files except for the files maintained by CONECA. CONECA recently delisted the variety stating that “at best this variety was the upper loop of an inverted S punch.” A specimen recently submitted by Hartley G. Cole shows a nearly complete S mint mark between the lower 1 and 9. Later states show only a partial S.; Wexler Variety ID: 1956-D 1¢ WDMM-001

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