2007 (D) Lincoln Memorial Cent - Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-008

Description

Produced during the second-to-last year of the Lincoln Memorial Cent design, the 2007-D WDDR-008 captures a hub doubling event from Denver's penultimate Memorial Cent production run. Frank Gasparro's reverse, which had served continuously since 1959, was nearing the end of its remarkable forty-nine-year tenure when this die was manufactured, making late-date Memorial Cent DDRs a specific collecting niche for those seeking to document the design's final production era. Hub doubling on this variety occurred during the multi-impression die sinking process when the working hub bearing the Memorial reverse shifted position between passes, embedding overlapping design imagery into the die that transferred to every cent struck during its service life. Eight documented DDRs for the 2007-D date reflects the systematic examination that modern-era cents have received from variety attributors and cherry-pickers working through bank-wrapped rolls. The Denver Mint's output in 2007 contributed billions of cents to the national coinage supply, ensuring a large population of coins available for variety research. Attributed by the Wexler Team under Wexler Variety ID: 2007-D 1¢ WDDR-008, this variety demands careful reverse examination under magnification to distinguish genuine hub doubling from the machine doubling and die deterioration effects common on high-volume modern strikes.

Cross References

• Wexler Variety ID: 2007-D 1¢ WDDR-008

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