1968-D Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-004

Description

Cataloged by the Wexler Team under the designation 1968-D 50¢ WDDR-004, this Kennedy Half Dollar reverse die exhibits hub doubling produced during the multi-impression hubbing process used at the Denver Mint in 1968. The silver-clad composition of the 1965-1970 Kennedy series — featuring an outer layer of 80% silver bonded to a 21% silver core, totaling 40% silver by weight — distinguishes these transitional issues from the earlier 90% silver 1964 strikes and the copper-nickel clad pieces that followed in 1971. As the fourth cataloged doubled die reverse for the 1968-D date, WDDR-004 occupies a position within a family of DDR varieties that reflects the large number of working dies required to produce the substantial Denver mintages of this period. Collectors seeking to authenticate this variety should focus on the reverse inscriptions E PLURIBUS UNUM and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, where misalignment between successive hub impressions typically manifests as extra thickness, separation lines, or notching on individual letter serifs. No specific die markers have been documented for this die pairing, which means positive identification rests on matching the precise spread direction and magnitude against published reference images. Kennedy Half Dollar DDR varieties from the silver-clad era remain actively collected both as individual attributions and as components of date-specific DDR sets.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 1968-D 50¢ WDDR-004
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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