1947 (S) Washington Quarter - Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-001 / DDO-001

Description

DDO-001, which Wexler numbers WDDO-001, is a doubled die obverse on the 1947-S Washington quarter with very light doubling on IN GOD WE TRUST, the date and the designer's initials. Both catalogs pair it with the repunched mint mark reverse Wexler lists as WRPM-001 and VarietyVista as RPM-001; Wexler gives the RPM as Cherrypickers FS-25-1947S-501. Wexler's Coins and Die Varieties records a close clockwise spread from a pivot near 2 o'clock on the date and IN GOD WE TRUST. On the obverse a short east-west crack lies at the top of the head and another crosses the bottom of the bust. The reverse is the RPM variety 1947-S WRPM-001, an S/S West (a second S west of the primary one). John A. Wexler submitted it, and CONECA lists the obverse as 1-O-V. VarietyVista credits Delma K. Romines and lists stages C through E as RPM-001 and FS-101/501. Under UVC-0653 and DMR-002, an early stage A is unconfirmed. Stage B, middle, shows short vertical scratches running north from the lip partway to the nose, a diagonal scratch across the top of the queue near the body of the wing, a light crack across the upper hair, a light crack across the bust, and a middle reverse. Under UVC-0654 and DMR-003, stage C has a middle obverse and a changed reverse die, also middle, which VarietyVista lists as RPM-001. Both sides are late-middle in stage D and late in stage E.

Die Markers

• VarietyVista: UVC-0653 DMR-002 Stage A: EDS (unconfirmed) Stage B: Short vertical die scratches North from lip halfway to nose – MDS Diagonal scratch across top of queue near body of wing Light die crack across upper hair Light die crack across bust Reverse is MDS UVC-0654 DMR-003 Stage C: Obverse is MDS Reverse die changed – MDS Reverse is LISTED as RPM-001 Stage D: Obverse and Reverse are LMDS Stage E: Obverse and Reverse are LDS

Cross References

• Wexler: 1947-S 25¢ WDDO-001; VarietyVista: 1947-S DDO-001; CONECA: 1-O-V, Cherrypickers: FS-25-1947S-501 for the RPM; VarietyVista gives FS-101/501

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