1957 (D) Lincoln Wheat Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-028

Description

Twenty-eighth in the Wexler-cataloged obverse doubled die sequence for the 1957-D Lincoln wheat cent, WDDO-028 manifests as an extra eyelid visible south of Lincoln's normal eyelid — a doubling diagnostic that appears across many hub-doubled Lincoln cent obverse dies where Victor David Brenner's carefully modeled facial features reveal even slight displacement between hub impressions. Denver struck approximately 1.05 billion cents in 1957, the penultimate year of wheat reverse production, and this massive output demanded hundreds of working dies that each carried the potential for hub misalignment during manufacture. The obverse die markers for WDDO-028 include a nearly horizontal die scratch running through the upper portion of 957 in the date, providing a distinctive secondary fingerprint for identifying the correct die independent of the eyelid doubling itself. On the reverse, a die scratch runs in a southwest-to-northeast direction between the C and A of AMERICA, offering an additional confirmation point. The Wexler Team cataloged this under Wexler Variety ID: 1957-D 1¢ WDDO-028, with no other cross-references currently known from CONECA or other attribution services. The doubled eyelid diagnostic type is particularly accessible to collectors because human visual perception is naturally attuned to facial features — making a displaced eyelid line one of the more intuitively recognizable forms of hub doubling. Examination at 10-15x magnification focused on the eye area should reveal the secondary eyelid contour below the primary line, while confirming the horizontal date scratch and the reverse CA scratch verifies the correct working die.

Cross References

• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1957-D 1¢ WDDO-028

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