2012 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-006

Description

Sixth documented DDR for the 2012 Philadelphia Lincoln Shield Cent, WDDR-006 extends the doubled die reverse catalog for the third year of Lyndall Bass's Union shield design. With six DDRs cataloged in just the third production year, the Shield Cent reverse has already demonstrated its capacity for revealing hub doubling at rates consistent with historical patterns across earlier Lincoln Cent reverse designs. The shield's combination of horizontal lines, vertical stripes, and scroll lettering creates multiple reference geometries against which hub displacement manifests clearly under magnification. Hub doubling occurs during die manufacture when successive hubbing passes fail to align precisely, locking overlapping design elements into the die steel before the first coin is ever struck. The distinction between WDDR-005 and WDDR-006 lies in the specific direction, magnitude, and affected design elements of their respective hub misalignment events — no two DDRs share identical characteristics because each represents a separate, unrepeatable moment during die creation. The 2012 Philadelphia Mint cent production generated billions of coins, providing a substantial population base from which variety researchers continue to extract new discoveries. Attributed by the Wexler Team under Wexler Variety ID: 2012 1¢ WDDR-006, this variety rewards comparison against reference photography to confirm the specific spread pattern unique to this sixth cataloged DDR.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 2012 1¢ WDDR-006
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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