1964 (D) Lincoln Memorial Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-014

Description

The fourteenth doubled die obverse variety documented for the 1964-D Lincoln Memorial Cent in the Wexler attribution system, WDDO-014 was struck at the Denver Mint during the year that produced more Lincoln cents from a single facility than any previous year in the denomination's history. Every one of the thousands of obverse dies consumed during this production was manufactured through the multi-impression hubbing process, a technique that transferred the design from a working hub to a die blank through repeated applications of hydraulic force. When the hub shifted between impressions — even by a few thousandths of an inch — the resulting doubled image was permanently fixed in the die steel, creating the characteristic that variety collectors classify as a genuine doubled die. WDDO-014 documents one such die from the Denver production line. The coin circulated as an ordinary cent, carrying Brenner's Lincoln portrait and Gasparro's Memorial reverse on a 95% copper and 5% zinc planchet, indistinguishable to the naked eye from the billions of undoubled 1964-D cents in commerce. Only under magnification does the secondary hub image become apparent, revealing the manufacturing anomaly that has earned this coin its place in the Wexler catalog. The 1964-D was the last D-mint Lincoln cent before the 1965-67 mint mark removal. Struck at 19mm diameter and 3.11 grams.

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