1942 Doubled Die Obverse DDO-007

Description

Light spread on 19 of the date, IN GOD WE TRUST, and LIB of LIBERTY characterizes DDO-007 on the 1942 Philadelphia Mint Washington Quarter. Struck in 90% silver during the first full year of American involvement in World War II, this variety is cataloged by VarietyVista as UVC-0232 and DMR-009. Die stage B documents the obverse at mid-die-state with die cracks on the forehead and bust. The light spread across three distinct obverse zones creates a distributed diagnostic spanning the date at the base, the motto across the center, and the LIBERTY legend along the upper rim. The forehead and bust die cracks at Stage B trace paths across Washington's portrait, documenting structural fatigue independent of the hub doubling. John Flanagan's Washington Quarter design provides the left-facing portrait framework where multiple light-spread zones offer several examination areas. The 1942 Philadelphia silver quarter belongs to the wartime production era when Mint operations adjusted to support the war effort. The three-zone light spread on date, motto, and legend creates complementary pickup points across the obverse for this early 1940s Washington Quarter doubled die.

Die Markers

• UVC-0232
• DMR-009
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Light die crack across forehead and hair – MDS
• Light die crack across bust
• Reverse is MDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Lee Hiemke
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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