1961 Variety WWHO-001
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Description
Unlike a standard doubled die that originates during the final die-making step, the 1961 Lincoln Memorial Cent WWHO-001 records a doubling event that occurred one level earlier in the manufacturing hierarchy — at the working hub stage. A Working Working Hub Obverse (WWHO) variety arises when the master die impresses the working hub with a slight misalignment between successive impressions, embedding doubled design elements into the hub itself. Because every working die subsequently produced from that hub inherits the same doubling, WWHO varieties can appear on coins struck from multiple different dies, each carrying its own unique set of die markers while sharing the same hub-level displacement pattern. For WWHO-001, a spread towards the center shows on the letters of LIBERTY, indicating Class II centripetal hub doubling concentrated on the obverse's principal inscription. Die markers for both obverse and reverse will vary among individual working dies produced from this hub, meaning collectors must rely on the LIBERTY spread pattern rather than specific die scratches or gouges to identify the hub variety. Cataloged by the Wexler Team under the designation 1961 1¢ WWHO-001 with no other known cross-references, this variety is attributed to the regular-strike 1961 Lincoln Memorial Cent struck at the Philadelphia Mint.
Attribution History
- Discovered by Various individuals Cross References: None known
- None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1961 1¢ WWHO-001
- Expert attribution by Wexler Team