1943 WHO WHO-004

Description

A doubled working hub obverse created during the preparation of 1943 Walking Liberty Half Dollar dies, WHO-004 transferred its doubling to every working die produced from it — meaning multiple die pairs across three mint facilities carry this variety's diagnostic signatures. Strong spread is visible on IN GOD WE TRUST, the lower gown folds, three center rays of the sun, the curl within the flag, the inner loop of the 9 in the date, the nose of Liberty, and the olive branch leaves. Philadelphia examples carry die markers UVC-107 with DMR-005; Denver specimens show UVC-113, also DMR-005; San Francisco pieces display MMS-004 with the distinctive Trumpet Tail mintmark. Because the doubling originated at the hub level rather than the individual die level, collectors can find this variety across P, D, and S mint marks — an unusual situation cataloged by VarietyVista where a single hub anomaly propagated through production at all three active facilities during wartime silver half dollar coinage.

Die Markers

• Philadelphia
• Unknown
• UVC-107
• DMR-005
• Denver
• UVC-113
• DMR-005
• San Francisco
• MMS-004 (Trumpet Tail mintmark)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Unknown
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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