1942-D Doubled Die Reverse DDR-003

Description

Third in VarietyVista's catalog of doubled die reverses for the 1942 Denver Mint Washington Quarter, DDR-003 exhibits light spread on UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — hub doubling distributed across the full reverse legend rather than isolated letters. Documented under UVC-0263 and DMR-014, four die stages chart the die's life: Stage A in early die state when the doubled legend is clearest, Stage B at MDS, Stage C in LDS, and Stage D at VLDS near retirement when wear may soften but not eliminate the doubling. Light spread across the full inscription suggests relatively uniform hub displacement that affected the peripheral lettering evenly, distinguishing this from varieties where doubling concentrates on a few letters. The 1942-D Washington Quarter was struck in 90% silver during early World War II at Denver. Four documented stages provide an unusually complete record of the die's production life, valuable for researchers correlating doubling visibility with die deterioration. The DDR-003 designation places this as an established early entry in the Denver 1942 doubled die catalog.

Die Markers

• UVC-0263
• DMR-014
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• Die crack East from eagle's head – LDS
• Die crack through upper US of PLURIBUS to wing
• Obverse is MDS
• Stage D:
• Die crack down eagle's Right wing – VLDS
• Die crack across bust – LDS
• Die crack across upper hair

Attribution History

• Discovered by Lee Hiemke
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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