1989 (P) Lincoln Memorial Cent - Variety WWHO-002

Description

Paired with WWHO-001 as the second doubled working hub obverse for 1989, WWHO-002 (Wexler variety ID 1989 1¢ WWHO-002) shows extra thickness towards center on the date, the top and front of Lincoln's hair, and slightly on the IN GOD WE TRUST motto — a similar but distinct pattern from the first hub. As with all working hub varieties, die markers will vary across different working dies made from this hub, so collectors should expect consistent doubling coupled with varying supplementary surface diagnostics from specimen to specimen. This intersection of hub-level and die-level varieties illustrates the layered complexity of Lincoln cent error production. Struck at the Philadelphia Mint on copper-plated zinc planchets (97.5% zinc, 2.5% copper) at 2.5 grams and 19mm.

Cross References

• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1989 1¢ WWHO-002

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