1993-D Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-007

Description

Formerly WDDR-018 and cross-referenced as Coppercoins 1993D-1DR-006, this variety's renumbering reveals a telling gap in the original WDDR sequence: the jump from WDDR-015 (now WDDR-006) to WDDR-018 (now WDDR-007) means that the varieties formerly occupying WDDR-016 and WDDR-017 were either reclassified as wavy steps trail dies or delisted entirely, with no remaining legitimate doubled dies available to fill those two slots. This gap illustrates the depth of the wavy steps reclassification's impact — not every vacated number could be filled, because the reclassification removed more varieties than the remaining legitimate DDRs could replace. The Coppercoins cross-reference 1993D-1DR-006 provides continuity for researchers who tracked the variety under the Wiles system, which maintained its own independent numbering through the Wexler reclassification. For collectors assembling a complete set of 1993-D doubled die reverses, the post-reclassification WDDR-007 represents one of the later entries in a census that was dramatically compressed — what was once an eighteen-entry catalog spanning WDDR-001 through WDDR-018 was reduced to nine confirmed doubled die reverses bearing the same WDDR-001 through WDDR-009 designations. Struck at Denver on copper-plated zinc planchets, 2.5 grams, 19mm, plain edge.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Brian Allen Cross References: Coppercoins: 1993D-1DR-006 Comments: This variety was previously listed as WDDR-018. It was reassigned to help fill the gaping holes in the listings that were created when the “wavy steps” varieties were declassified as doubled die varieties.
• Coppercoins: 1993D-1DR-006 Comments: This variety was previously listed as WDDR-018. It was reassigned to help fill the gaping holes in the listings that were created when the “wavy steps” varieties were declassified as doubled die varieties.; Wexler Variety ID: 1993-D 1¢ WDDR-007
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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