1946 (S) Roosevelt Dime - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-004

Description

1946-S WDDO-004 is a doubled die obverse on the 1946-S Roosevelt dime, cataloged by the Wexler team. A medium spread toward the center appears on IN GOD WE TRUST, LIBERTY and the top of the head, with weak spread on the forehead, the date, the lower bust, the back of the neck and the eyelid. Obverse Stage A is Type I and has the strongest doubling. A short scratch heads north from the upper left side of TRUST's second T, and a medium die chip sits on the right center of the ear. Obverse Stage B adds NNW/SSE scratches left of the date's 9. On Obverse Stage C the earlier stage markers are gone; three slightly diagonal scratches lie south of the L in LIBERTY, a very short gouge sits east of the B's upper loop, and the doubling on the bust and neck has been abraded away. Reverse Stage A has a Trumpet Tail mint mark. It is also a doubled die, carried in Wexler's doubled die files as 1946-S WDDR-005, with a close spread toward the center clearest on ONE and UNITED, and a repunched mint mark, carried in the RPM files as 1946-S WRPM-008, an S/S North. A NW/SE scratch crosses DIME's E at its right center, and over the second U of PLURIBUS are a die chip and a series of slightly slanted N/S scratches. Reverse Stage B has weaker Stage A markers and a small gouge extending east off the middle of the E in STATES. On Reverse Stage C the Stage A markers are gone apart from one very faint scratch from the top left of PLURIBUS's second U, and die chips appear on the lower olive leaves on the left-hand side. John A. Wexler submitted Stages A and C, and John Bordner Stage B. CONECA lists it as 5-O-II+V.

Cross References

• Wexler Variety ID: 1946-S 10¢ WDDO-004

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