1952 Proof Washington Quarter - Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-001

Description

1952 WDDR-001 is a doubled die reverse on the 1952 proof Washington quarter, cataloged by the Wexler team. Here a reverse hub of Type B (the proof style) was impressed over a Type A reverse (the circulation style). The doubling appears on the eagle's talons, the center arrowhead, the lower left branch, the leaves over the QU of QUARTER, the lower UN of UNITED, and inside many letters of QUARTER DOLLAR and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Its obverse is the thin letter type. On the reverse, the first A in AMERICA has two scratches inside it, a scratch lies between the lower O and F of OF, a scratch links the lower B in PLURIBUS with the second U, and a circular pattern of scratches runs through the branches and leaves. Herbert Hicks submitted the variety. CONECA lists it as 1-R-III. Wexler includes it in its "Best Of" varieties.

Cross References

• CONECA: 1-R-III; Wexler Variety ID: 1952 25¢ Pr WDDR-001

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