2012 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-001

Description

Holding the first position in the Wexler catalog of 2012-P Roosevelt dime doubled die reverses under identifier 2012-P 10¢ WDDR-001, this variety marks the earliest-documented DDR for the 2012 Philadelphia dime production run. The WDDR-001 designation typically indicates either the first variety discovered or the most prominent example among those cataloged for a given date-mint combination, and in either case it establishes the baseline against which subsequent DDR listings for the same issue are compared. Roosevelt dime reverse doubling most commonly presents on the upper inscription E PLURIBUS UNUM, the denomination ONE DIME at the base, and the torch flame at the center of John Sinnock's design. The torch motif — representing liberty — provides an especially useful diagnostic zone because its flame contours and the fine vertical lines of the torch shaft create natural reference points for detecting even subtle directional spread. No cross-references to CONECA, Cherrypickers, or other variety catalogs have been reported, and no distinctive die markers independent of the doubling have been noted. Philadelphia's 2012 dime production exceeded one billion coins, struck at a pace that consumed hundreds of individual die pairs over the course of the year, making the identification of specific die varieties a needle-in-a-haystack exercise that rewards systematic roll examination and practiced magnification technique.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Allen Darrow Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2012-P 10¢ WDDR-001
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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