1998-D Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-009

Description

Ninth in the sequence of doubled die reverses documented for the 1998 Denver Lincoln Memorial Cent, WDDR-009 continues the systematic cataloging of hub misalignment varieties generated by late-1990s high-volume production at the Denver facility. The Wexler Team attributed this under ID 1998-D 1¢ WDDR-009, with no known cross-references in other attribution systems, making the Wexler registry the sole published source for this variety's documentation. Denver struck approximately 2.18 billion Lincoln Cents in 1998, a production level that, while substantial, represented a decline from the mid-1990s peaks when Denver annual cent output routinely exceeded four billion pieces. Each doubled die reverse represents an independent die manufacturing event where hub-to-die misalignment during the multi-impression sinking process created detectable doubling on the finished working die. The Lincoln Memorial reverse, designed by Frank Gasparro and in its fortieth year of continuous use in 1998, had by this point generated the most extensively documented variety catalog of any United States coin reverse — hundreds of DDR varieties across dozens of dates. WDDR-009's position as the ninth cataloged DDR for 1998-D indicates moderate variety production for this specific date and mint combination, typical of late-1990s cent production where improved die manufacturing quality reduced but did not eliminate hub misalignment events. Collectors screening 1998-D cents should examine the reverse under magnification, focusing on the columns, inscription serifs, and stepped base of the Memorial where geometric reference lines make hub displacement most readily detectable.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Don Hall Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1998-D 1¢ WDDR-009
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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