1963-D Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-018

Description

Carrying the Wexler Variety ID 1963-D 1c WDDO-018, this Doubled Die Obverse variety of the 1963-D Lincoln Memorial Cent is cross-referenced by Coppercoins as 1963D-1DO-007 — a designation it shares with WDDO-017, suggesting that the two varieties may have been cataloged as a single entry in the Coppercoins system before being separated into distinct Wexler numbers based on differing die marker profiles. Such cross-reference overlaps are not uncommon in die-variety attribution, where different cataloging organizations may draw variety boundaries at different levels of specificity: one system might group dies that share the same doubling geometry under a single number while another system assigns separate numbers to each physically distinct die. For collectors, the practical implication is that a coin referenced as Coppercoins 1963D-1DO-007 could correspond to either WDDO-017 or WDDO-018, and precise determination requires die marker analysis rather than reliance on the Coppercoins number alone. Attributed by the Wexler Team, WDDO-018 emerged from the same massive 1963 Denver Mint production run of 1,774,020,400 cents that generated the entire 1963-D doubled die family. The multi-impression hubbing process in use at the time required the working hub to be pressed into the die blank several times, and any shift between impressions — rotational, lateral, or angular — left a permanent doubled image on the resulting die. Collectors should examine the date numerals, motto, and LIBERTY under at least 7x magnification and match the observed features against published die marker data to ensure accurate attribution to WDDO-018 rather than its close neighbor WDDO-017.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Stage A: Brian Ribar,
• Coppercoins: 1963D-1DO-007; Wexler Variety ID: 1963-D 1¢ WDDO-018
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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