1946 Roosevelt Dime - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-006

Description

1946 WDDO-006 is a doubled die obverse on the 1946 Roosevelt dime, cataloged by the Wexler team. A Class V clockwise (CW) spread from a pivot near 12:00 is clearest on TRUST, the profile, the neck's back, the bust, the date and the designer's initials. Obverse Stage A is Type I. Left of the eye sits a gouge (dot), which Wexler calls the key marker for telling when the reverse die was changed. SSW scratches start at the bust and cross the top of the date's 1, and short E/W scratches join B and E of LIBERTY low on the letters. On Obverse Stage B, only the gouge left of the eye survives from Stage A; a N/S gouge appears left of the designer's initials, and there is light abrasion over the upper lip. On Obverse Stage C, that gouge left of the initials has been abraded away and a new N/S gouge shows to their right. Obverse Stage D has NNW/SSE scratches in the field left of the nose and lower forehead; the designer's initials are very weak and the doubling is less strong. Reverse Stage A: a scratch runs SW from the torch holder to the upper right olive leaf, another runs SE from the rim over IC of AMERICA, and X-shaped scratches sit right of the lower right oak leaves. Reverse Stage B is a new reverse die: a series of north/south scratches lies between the flame and the upper oak leaf, a short E/W scratch is centered below the opening of the A in STATES, a NE/SW scratch sits inside the D of UNITED, and another NE/SW scratch joins the tops of E and D in UNITED. On Reverse Stage C the Stage B markers are gone; in the field right of the E in ONE, level with its center bar, is a gouge (dot), and a small gouge (dot) is centered between P and L of PLURIBUS. On the first U in PLURIBUS a scratch heads NE off the left upright, and on the right side a scratch runs SE from the E's upper horizontal bar in ONE. Reverse Stage D still has weak Stage C markers and adds new gouges under the F in OF. Gary Wagnon submitted Stages A and B, Frank Baumann Stage C, and Joe Feld Stage D. Wexler lists no cross-references. Wexler includes it in its "Best Of" varieties.

Cross References

• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1946 10¢ WDDO-006

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