1946 Roosevelt Dime - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-015 / DDO-004

Description

1946 WDDO-015 is a doubled die obverse on the 1946 Roosevelt dime, cataloged by the Wexler team and by VarietyVista as DDO-004. Both catalogs give it two Cherrypickers numbers: Wexler cites FS-10-1946-101 (011.4) for its stage A and FS-10-1946-102 for stages B and C, and VarietyVista cites FS-101/803 and FS-102/804. Wexler's Coins and Die Varieties records a strong Class V CW spread, pivoting near 12:00, on the date, the lower bust, the designer's initials, the lower nose and nostril, IN GOD WE TRUST and LIBERTY, and notes that this obverse is found with two different reverse doubled dies. The obverse is Type I. Stage A markers: a long NW scratch from the rim at 3:00 almost to the back of the head; a run of N/S scratches where the crease forms across the neck and jaw; a scratch on the upper nose west of the eye; a SE scratch leaving the rear of the neck close to the bust; a heavy polishing gouge above the U of TRUST; a strong scratch heading south from the throat almost to the last T of TRUST; and an S in the initials much stronger on its right. Stage B adds a N/S scratch on the ear NE of the lobe, a gouge on the upper chin, and E/W scratches above the bust point and above TRUST, with the stage A markers weaker. Stage C adds three N/S field scratches west of the upper lip, a N/S scratch joining the upper nose to the brow, and NNE/SSW scratches across BERTY; the stage B markers are weaker and those of stage A weak or gone. On the reverse, Wexler's stage A is a doubled die it files as WDDR-008 (formerly WDDR-013), whose Class V CW spread, pivoting at 11:00, covers UNUM, OF AMERICA, the dots and ONE DIME, with a clash running from the olive leaves' left side to the stem, NNE/SSW scratches between the IM of DIME and the oak stem, and scratches rising north from both U's of UNUM to either side of the left acorn. Stage B is a new reverse die, Wexler's WDDR-006, with a Class V CW spread pivoting near 3:00 on ONE DIME, E PLUR and UNITED; SW/NE scratches cross the acorn, the US of PLURIBUS and the first U of UNUM, a southward scratch leaves the N of UNUM at its lower right, and a N/S scratch sits between the A of STATES and the highest olive leaf. At stage C N/S scratches cover the olive branch and both sides of the torch holder, a new scratch curves from the lower right leg of the N in UNUM toward the oak stem, and the stage B scratches are very weak. Joe Feld submitted stages A and C and John A. Wexler stage B. CONECA lists the obverse as 4-O-V. VarietyVista, crediting Delma K. Romines, describes a strong spread on the date, IN GOD WE TRUST, LIBERTY and the designer's initials (top to bottom), lighter on the back of the head and neck, and lists the obverse as ODV-001. Under UVC-006 and DMR-006, stage A is an early die state it has not confirmed; at stage B, a middle die state, the obverse shows a clash on the nose bridge and N-S scratches, and the reverse, its DDR-003 (FS-101/803), shows a clash through the left branches and many scratches. Under UVC-008 and DMR-008, stage C brings a reverse die change to its DDR-004 (FS-102/804) with both sides in a middle die state, and at stage D, a late die state, light N-S scratches cover the obverse and heavy abrasion has erased the reverse doubling.

Die Markers

• VarietyVista: UVC-006 DMR-006 Stage A: EDS (unconfirmed) Stage B: Die clash on bridge of nose – MDS Die scratches North-South on Obverse Reverse is LISTED as DDR-003 – MDS Die clash through left branches Numerous die scratches on Reverse UVC-008 DMR-008 Stage C: Obverse is MDS Reverse die change – MDS Reverse is LISTED as DDR-004 Stage D: Numerous light die scratches North-South over Obverse – LDS Heavily abraded Reverse obliterates doubling – LDS

Cross References

• Wexler: 1946 10¢ WDDO-015; VarietyVista: 1946 DDO-004; CONECA: 4-O-V, Cherrypickers: FS-10-1946-101 (011.4) (Stage A) and FS-10-1946-102 (Stage B & C); VarietyVista gives FS-101/803, FS-102/804

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