1963 Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-022

Description

The 1963 Proof Washington Quarter WDDO-022 presents an unusual combination of two distinct doubling directions on the same die: a spread to the north on the date, the designer's initials JF, WE, and the ST in TRUST, alongside a separate counterclockwise spread on the RTY in LIBERTY. Multi-directional doubling on a single die typically indicates that the die received multiple hubbing impressions with different types of misalignment — one impression shifted northward and another rotated counterclockwise — creating a complex variety where different design elements show different doubling characteristics. Cataloged by the Wexler Team, this proof variety carries a reverse die marker: a die gouge between the T and E of STATES, which helps confirm attribution to this specific die. No other cross-references are currently known beyond the Wexler designation as 1963 25c Pr WDDO-022, and the high catalog number — twenty-second in the WDDO sequence — reflects the extensive variety population that proof Washington Quarters from the early 1960s have yielded. Proof coinage from the Philadelphia Mint during this period was struck with careful attention to detail, and the mirror fields characteristic of proof surfaces make multi-directional hub doubling particularly diagnostic under magnification.

Attribution History

• Discovered by John A. Wexler Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1963 25¢ Pr WDDO-022
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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