1922 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-003

Description

Intertwined with a companion doubled die reverse, WDDR-003 for the 1922 Peace dollar presents a die pair where the obverse is separately cataloged as 1922 $1 WDDO-001, carrying a clockwise spread on the date. The reverse doubling that defines WDDR-003 shares the same die marriage, making specimens dual-variety coins exhibiting both DDO and DDR characteristics. The Wexler Team's obverse die markers note a die crack running along the front of the base of the bust on the obverse, a progressive failure line that helps establish die state. Cross-referenced as VAM #3, the variety also carries a cautionary note: the specimen examined showed mechanical doubling on the left side of the date digits, and collectors must take care not to confuse this post-strike machine doubling with the genuine hub doubling on the lower right of the date that constitutes the DDO attribution. Mechanical doubling — caused by loose die or planchet movement during the striking event — produces flat, shelf-like displacement that lacks the rounded, raised character of true hub doubling. The 1922 Philadelphia Peace dollar mintage of 51,737,000 made it the highest-output year in the Peace dollar series, and Anthony de Francisci's design — featuring Liberty with radiate crown on the obverse and a perched eagle with olive branch on the reverse — had entered production just one year earlier. The convergence of DDO, DDR, and mechanical doubling on a single die pair creates both attribution opportunity and authentication challenge for collectors, and the VAM #3 cross-reference connects this Wexler listing to the broader Morgan-Peace dollar VAM catalog system.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Gary Wagnon Cross References: VAM: #3 Comments: The specimen examined had mechanical doubling on the left side of the digits in the date. Care needs to be taken to not confuse this mechanical doubling with the doubled die doubling which is best seen on the lower right of the digits in the date.
• VAM: #3 Comments: The specimen examined had mechanical doubling on the left side of the digits in the date. Care needs to be taken to not confuse this mechanical doubling with the doubled die doubling which is best seen on the lower right of the digits in the date.; Wexler Variety ID: 1922 $1 WDDR-003
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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