1943 (S) Washington Quarter - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-002

Description

1943-S WDDO-002 is a doubled die obverse on the 1943-S Washington quarter, cataloged by the Wexler team. A very close counterclockwise (CCW) spread pivoting from about 8:00 appears on LIBERTY, the date, the ribbon's bottom and the designer's initials. On the obverse, two parallel scratches curve NE off the B in LIBERTY from its bottom right side. A crack crosses the bust's base and the lower queue and reaches the top of the 1 in the date, and an E/W crack crosses the hair atop the head. The reverse is itself a doubled die, listed in the Wexler files as 1943-S WDDR-001: Class VI extra thickness, extremely strong, appears on the wreath, both wings' outer edges, the top of the eagle's head, QUARTER DOLLAR, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and E PLURIBUS UNUM. Starting from the N in UNITED, a crack descends the eagle's right wing, and another starts at the S in PLURIBUS and descends the left wing. Bob Ryan submitted the variety. Wexler lists no cross-references.

Cross References

• Wexler Variety ID: 1943-S 25¢ WDDO-002

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