1943-D Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-022

Description

Displaying a combination of Class V (pivoted hub) and Class VI (distorted hub) doubling on LIBERTY, the date, and IN GOD WE TRUST, this 1943-D Denver Mint Lincoln Wheat Cent was struck on zinc-coated steel planchets — the wartime composition used exclusively in 1943 to conserve copper for military production. The dual-class mechanism is notable: Class V results from pivot-point rotation of the hub during impression, while Class VI involves actual distortion of the hub itself, and finding both on a single die indicates complex hub-to-die interaction during the manufacturing process. Cross-referenced as CONECA 7-O-V-CW+VI and 9-O-VI, and Coppercoins 1943D-1DO-006, this variety benefits from multiple independent catalog attributions. Attributed by the Wexler Team, WDDO-022 represents the original plate coin for this variety in the Coppercoins catalog. Twenty-two documented doubled die obverses for the 1943-D date demonstrates the intensity of die variety research on wartime steel cents. The zinc-coated steel composition interacted differently with dies than traditional bronze, and the 1943-D mintage — struck entirely at Denver — generated enough die pairs to sustain ongoing discovery. Class VI extra thickness shows on LIBERTY, the date, and IGWT. Die Markers: Obverse: A short, strong die gouge curves north from the bottom left of the one in the date. Reverse: A die crack runs from the lower right wheat grains to the rim. A die crack runs from the upper right O in ONE east through the upper N. A die crack runs north from the top left of the O in ONE to the 1st U in PLURIBUS.

Attribution History

• Discovered by John A. Wexler Cross References: CONECA: 7-O-V-CW+VI and 9-O-VI, Coppercoins: 1943D-1DO-006 Comments: The original plate coin for
• CONECA: 7-O-V-CW+VI and 9-O-VI, Coppercoins: 1943D-1DO-006 Comments: The original plate coin for; Wexler Variety ID: 1943-D 1¢ WDDO-022
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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