1968-D Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-007

Description

Seventh doubled die reverse in the growing catalog for the 1968 Denver Kennedy Half Dollar, WDDR-007 continues the systematic documentation of hub doubling varieties across the silver-clad composition era. Cross-referenced as Wexler Variety ID 1968-D 50¢ WDDR-007, this Wexler Team attribution joins six previously cataloged DDR varieties for a date that produced over 246 million half dollars — one of the highest Kennedy Half Dollar production years in the silver-clad era. The 1968-D issue occupies a historically significant production context: it was the first year Kennedy Half Dollars were struck at Denver since the denomination's introduction in 1964, as the 1965-1967 coins carried no mintmark regardless of production facility during the Special Mint Set transition period. When Denver resumed marked production in 1968, the D mintmark returned to the reverse below the eagle's tail feathers, and the high output generated a substantial variety population across numerous working dies. Frank Gasparro's heraldic eagle reverse provides diagnostic surfaces across the eagle's wing feathers, shield stripes, arrow shafts, olive leaves, and the E PLURIBUS UNUM ribbon — each element offering potential doubled impressions when hub alignment shifts between the multiple impressions required to sink each working die. Seven documented DDR varieties for a single date-mint illustrate the Wexler Team's thorough approach to cataloging Kennedy Half Dollar die marriages across the silver-clad production era.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 1968-D 50¢ WDDR-007
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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