1940-D Doubled Die Reverse DDR-001

Description

Holding the primary reverse doubled die designation for the 1940-D Mercury dime, DDR-001 presents light spread on STATES OF, the upper axe, the band, and the leaves on Adolph A. Weinman's fasces reverse — the bundled rods and axe that symbolize strength through unity. VarietyVista assigned identifiers UVC-107 and DMR-003, and the variety carries a cross-reference of 1-R-II-C linking it to the CONECA attribution framework. Significantly, the comments note that the reverse die is also listed as RPM-005 (a repunched mintmark variety) and the obverse die is listed as DDO-002, creating a triple-attribution die pair where specimens can be classified under three separate variety categories simultaneously — doubled die reverse, repunched mintmark, and doubled die obverse. Denver struck approximately 21.20 million Mercury dimes in 1940, a date that falls in the final years of Weinman's iconic design before its replacement by John R. Sinnock's Roosevelt dime in 1946. The fasces reverse provides intricate detail in the axe blade, binding bands, and olive branch leaves where even light hub displacement becomes detectable against the precisely rendered classical motifs. The triple-attribution status makes this an exceptionally interesting die pair for variety collectors, as finding a single specimen satisfies three separate catalog entries. Collectors should examine STATES OF, the upper axe area, and the leaf detail under 15-20x magnification for the light doubled die reverse diagnostics, then check the mintmark for the RPM-005 repunched D characteristic, and finally verify the obverse against DDO-002 specifications to confirm all three attributions on a single coin.

Die Markers

• UVC-107, DMR-003

Attribution History

• 1-R-II-C

External References