1946-S Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-011

Description

Closing out the current DDO catalog for the 1946-S Lincoln Wheat Cent, WDDO-011 is the eleventh doubled die obverse confirmed for San Francisco's postwar bronze production. Eleven varieties from a single date and mintmark illustrate how high-volume Mint operations create the conditions for repeated hub misalignment, and how dedicated attributors transform those manufacturing variations into a structured reference catalog. The 1946-S cent exists at a crossroads in both series history and Mint facility history: it marks the return to standard bronze alloy after wartime experiments, and it belongs to the final era of large-scale circulating cent production at San Francisco before the facility pivoted toward proof and collector issues. For the variety collector, these coins represent accessible research material — common enough to acquire in quantity, well-documented enough to provide clear attribution targets, and historically interesting enough to reward the time spent examining them under magnification. Cataloged under Wexler Variety ID 1946-S 1¢ WDDO-011.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 1946-S 1¢ WDDO-011
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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