2002 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-001

Description

First doubled die reverse cataloged for the 2002 Philadelphia Lincoln Memorial Cent, WDDR-001 holds the distinction of inaugurating the variety census for that year's reverse production. Every date in the Lincoln Cent series begins its DDR catalog with entry 001, and this opening attribution establishes the starting point from which all subsequent discoveries on the 2002 reverse are measured. The inaugural entry carries particular significance for specialists who track the expanding variety population year by year, marking the moment when documented evidence of hub misalignment on 2002 Philadelphia dies first entered the record. The Memorial reverse's twelve columns continued serving as the primary diagnostic framework, their parallel vertical lines translating hub displacement into ghost images whose direction and extent define each variety. As the foundational entry for 2002, WDDR-001 anchors a census that would grow to include dozens of cataloged varieties. Cross-referenced as Wexler Variety ID 2002 1c WDDR-001.

Attribution History

• Discovered by John A. Wexler Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2002 1¢ WDDR-001
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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