1946-D Doubled Die Reverse DDR-007

Description

Seventh in the reverse doubled die census for the inaugural 1946-D Roosevelt dime, DDR-007 presents medium spread on DIME and UNUM with light spread on ONE and RICA of AMERICA on John R. Sinnock's reverse design featuring a torch flanked by olive and oak branches. VarietyVista cataloged this variety under UVC-052 and DMR-016, documenting three die stages: Stage A at early die state (unconfirmed), Stage B at mid die state (unconfirmed), and Stage C where a light die scratch extends from the lower torch to the right stem at late die state, with the obverse also at LDS. The die scratch diagnostic at Stage C provides a die-state-specific identification marker that appears only on later-struck specimens. Denver struck approximately 61.04 million dimes in 1946, the first year of the Roosevelt dime series that was rapidly authorized and produced following President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in April 1945. Sinnock's design entered production with both Philadelphia and Denver dies, and the inaugural year has attracted intensive variety research as collectors seek to document every die anomaly from the series' debut. The comments note "Obverse is ODV-001," indicating this die marriage pairs the DDR-007 reverse with an obverse die carrying its own design variant classification, creating a dual-attribution die pair. Medium spread on DIME and UNUM combined with light spread on ONE and RICA describes a gradient of doubling magnitude across the reverse, where the hub displacement produced its strongest effect near DIME and the UNUM portion of the motto while diminishing toward the outer inscription areas. Seven documented reverse doubled dies for the first-year 1946-D Roosevelt dime reflects the depth of specialist attention focused on this inaugural issue.

Die Markers

• UVC-052
• DMR-016
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• Light die scratch from lower torch to Right stem – LDS
• Obverse is LDS

Attribution History

• Discovered by Richard Bateson
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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