1965 Lincoln Memorial Cent - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-006

Description

Numbered as the sixth Wexler doubled die obverse for the 1965 Lincoln cent, WDDO-006 is a business strike variety from the Philadelphia Mint's production of 1,497,224,900 cents during this transformative year in American coinage history. The Coinage Act of 1965 had reshaped the Mint's operations: proof sets were discontinued and mint marks were removed from all denominations. The enormous 1965 cent mintage of nearly 1.5 billion pieces was part of the Mint's aggressive campaign to flood the market with coins and end the shortage. Such massive production required thousands of working dies, each manufactured through the multi-impression hubbing process where any misalignment between successive hub applications could create a doubled die variety. Cross-referenced as Wexler Variety ID: 1965 1¢ WDDO-006 and attributed by the Wexler Team. No significant die markers have been documented for this variety beyond the doubled die pattern itself, placing attribution responsibility on matching the specific doubling characteristics — its class, direction, magnitude, and affected design elements — against published reference photographs. Struck on a 3.11-gram, 19mm planchet of 95% copper and 5% zinc.

Cross References

• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1965 1¢ WDDO-006

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