1962-D Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-001
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Description
Opening the doubled die reverse catalog for the 1962-D Lincoln Memorial Cent, WDDR-001 displays a spread towards the center on USA — the three-letter national abbreviation situated in the upper reverse between the tops of the Memorial columns. This centripetal Class II displacement, confined to a single short inscription, indicates a localized hub distortion event during die manufacture at the Denver Mint, where the secondary hub impression shifted slightly inward relative to the first but with enough magnitude to register on the tightly grouped letters of USA while leaving the surrounding inscriptions and architectural elements unaffected. Neither the obverse nor the reverse presents significant die markers for this variety, meaning attribution rests on matching the centripetal spread pattern on USA against confirmed reference photographs. Cataloged by the Wexler Team under the designation 1962-D 1¢ WDDR-001 with no other known cross-references, this variety stands as the initial entry in what would become a modest DDR population for the 1962 Denver Mint cent — a notably smaller catalog than the extensive 1961 Proof DDR sequence, reflecting the different production dynamics between Philadelphia Proof coinage and Denver business-strike output.
Attribution History
- Discovered by John A. Wexler Cross References: None known
- None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1962-D 1¢ WDDR-001
- Expert attribution by Wexler Team