1944 Doubled Die Obverse DDO-024

Description

Distinguished from the lighter DDO-002 of the same date by its broader coverage and stronger intensity, this 1944 Washington Quarter — the twenty-fourth DDO cataloged for the year — exhibits medium spread on LIBERTY and the ribbon end, with light spread on the date. Cataloged by VarietyVista as UVC-0400 and DMR-025, DDO-024 has been documented across three die stages. The medium spread on LIBERTY affects all six letters rather than the partial ERTY coverage seen on other 1944 doubled dies, giving this variety greater visual impact and more attribution points. The inclusion of the ribbon end among doubled elements is diagnostically significant because this feature sits at a different radial distance from the portrait's center than LIBERTY, confirming that hub displacement extended across a meaningful area of the die face. The 1944 date's twenty-four documented DDOs represent an unusually deep census for a Washington Quarter year, reflecting both high wartime mintage figures and the concentrated attention variety researchers have devoted to silver-composition quarters from the 1940s.

Die Markers

• UVC-0400
• DMR-025
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Obverse and Reverse are MDS
• Stage C:
• Obverse and Reverse are LDS

Attribution History

• Discovered by Lee Hiemke
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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