1962-D Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-003

Description

Third in the 1962-D Lincoln Memorial Cent doubled die obverse sequence, WDDO-003 records a hubbing misalignment on a Denver Mint working die from that year's regular-strike production. Doubled die obverse varieties arise when the hub — the positive master tool used to impress the design into working dies — is applied with a slight positional shift between successive impressions, creating a secondary image offset from the intended design. For WDDO-003, the specific doubling characteristics and affected design elements await detailed photographic documentation in the Wexler files, and the recorded obverse die markers are limited to a general obverse notation without elaborated diagnostics. This incomplete documentation is not unusual for varieties cataloged early in the attribution process, where the initial listing establishes the variety's existence based on confirmed specimens while detailed die-stage photography and comprehensive marker mapping follow as additional examples surface. Struck at the Denver Mint, this variety adds to the evidence that the 1962-D cent production generated multiple doubled die obverse events — a pattern consistent with the high-volume die output required to meet Denver's substantial cent production demands during the early 1960s, when annual mintages routinely exceeded one billion coins across both mint facilities.

Die Markers

• Obverse

Attribution History

• Discovered by Wexler Team

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