1946-S Doubled Die Reverse DDR-009

Description

Ninth cataloged doubled die reverse for the 1946-S Roosevelt Dime, DDR-009 documents hub doubling on the reverse of a first-year issue — the Roosevelt Dime debuted in 1946, making any variety from this date part of the series' origin story. VarietyVista catalogs this as UVC-116 with die marker reference DMR-024. Medium spread is visible on AMERICA, UNUM, and right branch leaves, with light rotational spread on DIME — suggesting the secondary hub impression involved angular displacement rather than a purely linear shift. Three die stages are documented: Stage A in Early Die State remains unconfirmed, Stage B in Mid Die State is unconfirmed, and Stage C shows both reverse and obverse in Late Die State. This is a combination variety: the obverse is classified as ODV-001, while the reverse carries mintmark style MMS-001 (Trumpet tail), indicating an S mintmark with a flared serif at the lower terminal. The combination of reverse doubling with a classified mintmark style and identified obverse die provides a layered attribution framework. San Francisco Mint, 90% silver.

Die Markers

• UVC-116
• DMR-024
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• Reverse and Obverse are LDS

Attribution History

• Discovered by Richard Bateson
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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