1945 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-004

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1945

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Bearing the fourth reverse doubled die designation for the 1945 Mercury dime — the final year of Adolph A. Weinman's beloved Winged Liberty Head design before its replacement by John R. Sinnock's Roosevelt dime in 1946 — DDR-004 displays strong extra thickness on a comprehensive sweep of reverse elements: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, the flanking dots, ONE DIME, and E PLURIBUS UNUM. The strong classification across this many design elements makes DDR-004 one of the more visually prominent Mercury dime DDRs, potentially detectable under relatively low magnification compared to the light and medium varieties that predominate in the series. Cross-referenced as 4-R-II-C+VI, this attribution code identifies the variety within an alternative classification system: the "4" refers to the DDR number, "R" for reverse, "II" indicates Class II (Distorted Hub) doubling, and "C+VI" may denote combined doubling classes or additional classification details. VarietyVista assigned identifiers UVC-275 and DMR-010 for internal tracking. Weinman's fasces reverse — featuring the Roman symbol of authority bound with an olive branch, flanked by the two-dot design separating inscription groups — places UNITED STATES OF AMERICA along the upper arc with ONE DIME at center and E PLURIBUS UNUM below, creating a dense inscription field where strong doubling produces visible secondary text across nearly the entire reverse face. Total 1945 Mercury dime production across all three mint facilities exceeded 266 million pieces, with the substantial output consuming dies at a rate that increased the probability of hub doubling events entering production. Collectors should examine the reverse inscriptions under 8-12x magnification, where the strong extra thickness should be apparent as noticeably bolder letterforms compared to normally struck specimens, with particular attention to the flanking dots where the rounded geometry amplifies the visual effect.