1964-D Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-020

Description

Carrying the Wexler Team attribution and cross-referenced as Wexler Variety ID: 1964-D 1¢ WDDO-020, this doubled die obverse variety adds to the extensive DDO catalog for the 1964-D Lincoln Memorial Cent. The Denver Mint's output of 3,799,071,500 cents that year represented an industrial-scale response to the national coin shortage, with production lines running at maximum capacity to supply the commercial channels that were chronically short of small change. Every obverse die used in this production was created through the multi-impression hubbing process, and the probability of hub misalignment on any individual die, though small, became statistically significant when multiplied across the thousands of dies consumed over the full production year. WDDO-020 preserves the doubled obverse created during one such hubbing event, a permanent feature of the die that transferred faithfully to every cent it struck. The Wexler Team's formal attribution provides collectors with a verified reference point for identification, distinguishing this variety from the neighboring catalog entries that may display similar but diagnostically distinct doubling patterns. Collectors searching for this variety should focus on the specific design elements where doubling is most pronounced, using magnification and low-angle lighting to reveal the secondary hub image against the primary design. The 1964-D date represents the final appearance of the "D" mint mark on Lincoln cents before the three-year suspension beginning in 1965. The coin was struck on a 95% copper and 5% tin-zinc planchet at 3.11 grams and 19mm diameter.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 1964-D 1¢ WDDO-020
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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