1945 Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-028

Description

Twenty-eighth doubled die obverse attributed for the 1945 Lincoln Wheat Cent by the Wexler Team, carrying Wexler Variety ID: 1945 1¢ WDDO-028 with no additional cross-references currently recorded. Like the 1944 date, 1945 cents were struck on salvaged shell casing brass during the final year of World War II, with Philadelphia producing approximately 1.04 billion pieces. The high mintage demanded an extraordinary number of working dies, and the wartime conditions — including accelerated production schedules, possible workforce turnover, and the urgency of maintaining coinage supplies for a wartime economy — created an environment where hub alignment tolerances may have been relaxed. Twenty-eight documented DDOs for a single date confirms that hub misalignment was a recurring phenomenon throughout 1945 cent production. Each WDDO number represents a physically distinct working die, and precise attribution requires comparing the spread direction, affected design elements, and magnitude against the twenty-seven other known DDOs for this date.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Keith Christenson Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1945 1¢ WDDO-028
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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