1942 Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-005

Description

A moderate spread toward the center shows on the date, skirt lines above the right shoe, sole of the left shoe, back of the skirt above the left shoe, lower lines of the right side drapery, upper area of the right side drapery below the leaves, and the right center of the gown. Moderate south doubling on all letters of IGWT with strong notching visible on TRUST. Die Markers: Obverse: light crack at 4:00 of the sun. Reverse: Very light N-S die crack from U of UNUM on EPU to the most upper left olive branch. Very light E-W die crack from the 2nd left (from top branch) to the rim at 9:00. Short die scratch into eagle’s neck. Light die scratch north of S of PLURIBUS.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Bill Van Note Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1942 50¢ WDDO-005
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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