2019 (P) Roosevelt Dime - Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-004

Description

Listed under Wexler identifier 2019-P 10¢ WDDR-004, this fourth cataloged doubled die reverse for the 2019 Philadelphia Roosevelt dime documents a relatively recent hub doubling anomaly on one of the Mint's most consistently produced denominations. Four DDR dies for a single date-mint places the 2019-P dime at the higher end of normal DDR frequency for modern Roosevelt dimes, suggesting that the year's die inventory experienced slightly above-average incidence of hubbing misalignment. The 2019 dime was struck during the seventy-third year of the Roosevelt design's continuous run, making it one of the longest-serving designs in global coinage history, and the accumulated body of DDR documentation for the series extends back to the silver era of the 1940s and 1950s. No cross-references to CONECA, Cherrypickers, or other attribution catalogs have been reported for WDDR-004, and no distinctive die markers beyond the doubled elements have been documented. Modern dime production at Philadelphia employs high-speed presses producing coins at rates exceeding 750 per minute, and the dies used in this process are manufactured with computer-controlled hubbing equipment that produces more consistent results than earlier manual methods. When hub doubling does occur in this controlled environment, it often reflects momentary mechanical variation — a slight shift in the die holder, a pressure fluctuation, or a thermal expansion event — that affects a single die among the hundreds manufactured annually. Collectors working through 2019-P dime rolls should expect to examine thousands of coins before encountering a DDR specimen.

Cross References

• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2019-P 10¢ WDDR-004

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