1964 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-007

Description

Proof Roosevelt Dime production at Philadelphia in 1964 generated WDDR-007, cataloged by the Wexler Team as a doubled die reverse variety on what would become the final year of 90% silver dime production before the Coinage Act of 1965 transitioned the denomination to copper-nickel clad composition. Philadelphia struck 3,950,762 proof sets in 1964, the highest proof production to that date, as collectors anticipated the imminent silver-to-clad transition and sought to acquire proof specimens of the last silver issues. John R. Sinnock's Roosevelt Dime reverse, featuring a torch flanked by olive and oak branches with the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM, provided the canvas where hub displacement created the doubled impressions cataloged under this variety number. Cross-referenced as Wexler Variety ID 1964 10c Pr WDDR-007 with no other known cross-references, this variety joins a substantial catalog of 1964 proof dime doubled dies generated by the high-volume proof production that year. The combination of terminal-year silver composition and proof strike quality makes 1964 proof Roosevelt Dime varieties particularly appealing to collectors who value both the numismatic significance of the final silver proof year and the visual clarity that proof surfaces bring to doubled die diagnostics.

Attribution History

• Discovered by John A. Wexler Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1964 10¢ Pr WDDR-007
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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