1940-D Doubled Die Obverse DDO-002

Description

Second in the obverse doubled die census for the 1940-D Mercury dime, DDO-002 exhibits medium spread affecting IN GOD WE TRUST, the date, designer Adolph A. Weinman's initials, and the TY of LIBERTY — a broad array of diagnostic zones indicating a substantial hub misalignment that displaced the secondary impression across much of the obverse design. Cross-referenced as 2-O-II-C in alternate classification systems, this variety carries VarietyVista die identifiers UVC-107 and DMR-003. A particularly noteworthy attribution detail records that the reverse die paired with this obverse is independently listed as both DDR-001 and RPM-005, meaning the same die marriage produces three separately catalogable varieties — an obverse doubled die, a reverse doubled die, and a repunched mintmark — on a single coin. Denver struck approximately 21.56 million Mercury dimes in 1940, a period when Weinman's iconic Winged Liberty Head design was entering its final years before replacement by John R. Sinnock's Roosevelt dime in 1946. The medium spread classification for DDO-002 indicates clearly visible doubling across the affected inscriptions without requiring extreme magnification, and the breadth of affected elements — spanning the motto, date, designer's initials, and partial LIBERTY — suggests a rotational or linear hub displacement of meaningful magnitude. The convergence of DDO-002 with DDR-001 and RPM-005 on the same die marriage makes this a triple-attribution coin that appeals to variety collectors seeking maximum variety density within a single acquisition.

Die Markers

• UVC-107, DMR-003

Attribution History

• 2-O-II-C

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