2003 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-005

Description

Completing this batch's 2003 coverage with the fifth cataloged DDR for Philadelphia Lincoln Memorial Cents, WDDR-005 closes a four-entry sequence that establishes the early framework of the 2003 reverse variety census. These early entries — WDDR-002 through WDDR-005 — document the initial wave of confirmed hub displacement discoveries on a date that would ultimately yield a substantial catalog as more researchers examined the production year's output. The Memorial reverse by 2003 had been in continuous production longer than any other Lincoln Cent reverse design, and its twelve-column architecture had become the most thoroughly studied surface in die variety attribution. Each new variety added to the 2003 census contributes to a record spanning the full fifty-year production run, allowing researchers to compare hub displacement frequency and characteristics across decades of manufacturing under evolving die preparation technology. Cross-referenced as Wexler Variety ID 2003 1c WDDR-005, this variety rounds out the 2001-2003 Memorial Cent DDR coverage assembled in this enrichment batch.

Attribution History

• Discovered by William Slaughter Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2003 1¢ WDDR-005
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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