2025 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-002

Description

Second in the Wexler catalog for 2025 Lincoln Shield Cent doubled die reverses, WDDR-002 documents a hub doubling event on the current production year's one-cent coin. The Wexler Team designation 2025 1c WDDR-002 and the "None known Reverse Varieties" cross-reference notation indicate this variety has been documented only within the Wexler system, with no CONECA, FS, or other independent listings established. As a WDDR-002, it holds the second catalog position — suggesting at least one other DDR (WDDR-001) was cataloged first, either for being more prominent or for being discovered earlier. Lyndall Bass's Lincoln Shield reverse, featuring a union shield with thirteen vertical stripes in the upper portion and a horizontal bar across the lower third, inscribed with ONE CENT, E PLURIBUS UNUM, and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, has served as the standard cent reverse since 2010. The shield's geometric regularity — with its straight vertical and horizontal lines creating a grid-like pattern — provides an excellent diagnostic framework for detecting hub doubling, as any displacement of the secondary hub impression shifts these regular lines away from their intended positions, creating visible deviations from the shield's symmetry. The 2025 cent represents current-year production at the Philadelphia Mint (striking cents without the P mintmark, as the 2017-era mintmark experiment was discontinued), and the documentation of WDDR-002 within months of the production year reflects the speed with which modern variety attributors identify and catalog new doubled dies through systematic examination of fresh rolls and bags obtained directly from Federal Reserve distribution channels.

Attribution History

• None known Reverse Varieties; Wexler Variety ID: 2025 1¢ WDDR-002
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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