1958 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-008

Description

Struck during the final year of the Lincoln Wheat Cent series, the 1958 WDDR-008 doubled die reverse carries the added significance of belonging to the last vintage of a design that had been in continuous production since 1909. The wheat ears reverse was replaced in 1959 by Frank Gasparro's Lincoln Memorial design, making 1958 the terminal date for collectors who specialize in Wheat Cent die varieties. Doubled die reverses occur when a working hub impresses a working die in multiple passes with slight misalignment between impressions, transferring doubled design elements to every coin struck by that die. Eight documented DDRs for the 1958 Philadelphia issue demonstrate that even in the series' final year, die production generated enough hub misalignment incidents to populate a meaningful catalog. Attributed by the Wexler Team under Wexler Variety ID: 1958 1¢ WDDR-008, this variety is part of the broader Wheat Cent doubled die inventory that spans nearly five decades of production. The 1958-P cent had a mintage of approximately 253 million pieces, a modest figure by mid-century standards but still requiring substantial numbers of working dies across the production run.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 1958 1¢ WDDR-008
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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