2004-D Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-013

Description

Thirteenth doubled die reverse cataloged for the 2004 Denver Lincoln Memorial Cent, WDDR-013 documents yet another instance of hub misalignment within a date and mint combination that yielded a prolific variety population. The Wexler Team attributed this under ID 2004-D 1¢ WDDR-013, with no cross-references established in competing attribution systems. Denver produced approximately 3.46 billion Lincoln Cents in 2004, the penultimate production year before the 2005-2010 satin finish experiment would alter the surface characteristics of mint set specimens and the final stretch before the Memorial reverse's 2008 conclusion. Thirteen distinct DDR dies for 2004-D represents a robust variety count for a single date and mint, each number in the sequence confirming an independent manufacturing event where the hub contacted the die at a slightly different position or angle between successive impressions. Frank Gasparro's Memorial reverse, then in its forty-sixth year of service, provided the familiar twelve-column facade, inscriptions, and stepped base that served as diagnostic surfaces for identifying doubled impressions. The multi-hubbing process that created these varieties involved pressing the master hub into softened die steel multiple times to achieve full design depth, and each press cycle presented an opportunity for positional drift. Without cross-references from other attribution services, WDDR-013 exists solely within the Wexler documentation framework, which assigns sequential numbers based on the order of attribution or relative significance. Collectors pursuing complete DDR sets for 2004-D face a substantial research project spanning at least thirteen confirmed varieties, each requiring individual die marker verification.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Rithy Yoeurth Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2004-D 1¢ WDDR-013
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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