1890 (S) Liberty Head Double Eagle - Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-001

Description

Listed by John A. Wexler from a coin submitted by Bob Ryan, this Class II doubled die reverse on the 1890 San Francisco Mint Liberty Head Gold Double Eagle exhibits a spread toward center visible on USA, TWENTY DOLLARS, the arrowheads, upper rays, and extra points on most stars, with very close doubling on E PLURIBUS UNUM. The strongest displacement appears on DOLLARS, where the centripetal spread is most pronounced. Class II distorted hub doubling produces this toward-center displacement when angular misalignment occurs between hub and die during secondary hubbing. Beyond the reverse doubling, the obverse carries a repunched date with the 1 punched over itself to the south (1/1 South), which Wexler lists among the die markers. Reverse die markers include a short, strong die scratch running north-northeast from the upper right of the A in STATES, plus a short die scratch in the same direction from the upper second T of TRUST.

Die Markers

• Obverse: Repunched 1 in date, 1/1 South. Reverse: Short, strong die scratch NNE from upper right A of STATES. Short die scratch NNE from upper second T of TRUST.

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