2005 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-004

Description

Cataloged immediately after WDDR-003, this fourth doubled die reverse for the 2005 Philadelphia Lincoln Memorial Cent documents a separate hub displacement event within the same production run. Sequential Wexler numbers on a single date and mint confirm that multiple working dies received imperfect hub impressions during die preparation, each preserving a unique alignment error. The Memorial reverse's clean vertical columns and geometric entablature serve as reliable reference grids where different tilt angles or rotational shifts during hubbing produce distinguishable doubling patterns. With the Memorial design entering its final years of production, 2005 cents attracted intensive scrutiny from variety researchers aware that each passing year reduced the remaining opportunities to document hub doubling on this familiar reverse. The depth of the 2005 DDR census — ultimately surpassing one hundred cataloged entries — underscores the scale of that research effort. Cross-referenced as Wexler Variety ID 2005 1c WDDR-004.

Attribution History

• Discovered by John A. Wexler Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2005 1¢ WDDR-004
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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