1941 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-003

Description

Third doubled die reverse for the 1941 Philadelphia Mint Lincoln Wheat Cent, WDDR-003 is among the earlier-numbered varieties in what has become a substantial catalog of hub doubling for this pre-war date. The lower sequence number may indicate this was one of the first DDRs identified for 1941, potentially with more pronounced or more easily detected doubling than later-numbered additions to the series. Doubled die reverses originate in the die shop, not on the coining press — a crucial distinction for collectors. When the hardened master hub impresses the softer working die, multiple passes are needed to fully transfer the design. A shift in the hub's position between those passes creates overlapping images in the die, and every coin struck by that die carries identical doubling. WDDR-003 preserves the specific pattern of misalignment from one die's creation during the 1941 production year, a year when Philadelphia produced well over 800 million cents in preparation for what would become the wartime production surge. Attributed by the Wexler Team under Wexler Variety ID: 1941 1¢ WDDR-003, this variety is part of the foundational DDR documentation for the 1941 Wheat Cent that later research expanded with higher-numbered discoveries.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 1941 1¢ WDDR-003
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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