1945-D Doubled Die Reverse DDR-003

Description

VarietyVista records this 1945-D Washington quarter under UVC-0562 with die marker reference DMR-016, documenting a medium spread with extra thickness across UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLURIBUS UNUM, the eagle's head, and QUARTER DOLLAR. The doubling affects virtually every major design element on the reverse, from the peripheral inscriptions to the central eagle device, indicating a substantial displacement between hub impressions during die manufacture. Stage A remains unconfirmed as an early die state. Stage B, the primary documented condition, shows both the reverse and obverse at mid-die state, with the doubling fully visible without interference from die fatigue. Stage C is a late die state that has not been confirmed through submitted examples. The 1945-D Washington quarter had a mintage of 12.341 million pieces from the Denver Mint, produced during the final months of World War II. As DDR-003, this variety occupies the third position in VarietyVista's catalog for 1945-D doubled die reverses. The comprehensive nature of the spread across both inscriptions and the eagle device provides multiple independent verification points, and the eagle's head doubling serves as a particularly effective first checkpoint because the sculptural detail of the head amplifies small displacements into visible doubled contours.

Die Markers

• UVC-0562
• DMR-016
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Reverse and Obverse are MDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Lee Hiemke
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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