2001-D Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-015

Description

Fifteenth doubled die reverse for the 2001 Denver Mint Lincoln Memorial Cent, WDDR-015 extends the DDR catalog for this date to fifteen documented hub misalignment events — a count that reflects both the massive volume of 2001-D cent production and the methodical examination that variety researchers have applied to surviving specimens. Each DDR in the sequence represents a distinct hub displacement during a separate die manufacturing event, with unique characteristics of spread direction, magnitude, and affected design elements that distinguish it from all fourteen previously cataloged varieties. Denver struck approximately 4.96 billion cents in 2001, one of the largest annual mintages in Lincoln Cent history, requiring tens of thousands of working die pairs and generating proportionally numerous instances of hub misalignment during the multi-pass hubbing process. The Memorial reverse's architectural precision — particularly the evenly spaced columns and the geometric window and door elements — provides an ideal framework for detecting and measuring hub displacement. Cross-referenced as Wexler Variety ID: 2001-D 1¢ WDDR-015, this variety was attributed by the Wexler Team and contributes to one of the most extensively documented modern cent production years for doubled die varieties.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 2001-D 1¢ WDDR-015
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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