1945 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-004

Description

VarietyVista identifies this 1945 Lincoln Wheat cent under UVC-1675 with die marker reference DMR-016, recording a medium extra thickness across the reverse inscription E PLURIBUS UNUM, both wheat ears, the wheat stems, and the letters of AMERICA. The medium-grade thickening across these elements indicates a moderate hub displacement during die preparation, producing a doubled die that is visible at standard magnification without requiring extreme enlargement. Stage A remains an unconfirmed early die state. Stage B is similarly unconfirmed at mid-die state. Stage C has been documented as a late die state on the reverse, with the obverse showing a die crack running across Lincoln's shoulder, a progressive fatigue indicator that marks the die's approach to end-of-life. This shoulder crack serves as the primary Stage C authentication marker and helps distinguish late-state specimens from earlier strikes off the same die pair. The 1945 Philadelphia Wheat cent had a mintage of over 1.04 billion pieces, reflecting the massive wartime and immediate postwar demand for circulating coinage. As DDR-004 for 1945, this variety occupies the fourth position in VarietyVista's sequence of doubled die reverses for the date, with each sequential number representing a distinct die pair showing reverse hubbing anomalies.

Die Markers

• UVC-1675
• DMR-016
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• Reverse is LDS
• Die crack across shoulder – LDS

Attribution History

• Discovered by James Wiles
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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