1997 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-043

Description

Closing the currently documented 1997 Philadelphia Mint Lincoln Memorial Cent DDR census at the forty-third position, WDDR-043 stands as the highest-numbered doubled die reverse cataloged for this remarkably productive date. The existence of forty-three confirmed varieties from a single year and mint represents one of the densest doubled die reverse concentrations in the entire Lincoln Cent series — a testament both to the high production volume at Philadelphia and to the systematic thoroughness of variety researchers who examined that output. The Memorial reverse design served for forty-nine years, and its geometric regularity ensured that even the last discoveries in a deep census like this one could be confidently distinguished from earlier entries through precise measurement of spread direction and die marker documentation. Whether the catalog for 1997 ultimately expands beyond WDDR-043 depends on future discoveries, but the current endpoint already establishes this date as a landmark in Memorial Cent variety research. Cataloged as Wexler Variety ID 1997 1c WDDR-043 and attributed by the Wexler Team.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Steve Young Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1997 1¢ WDDR-043
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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