1946-S Doubled Die Reverse DDR-010

Description

Bearing a first-year pedigree from the Roosevelt Dime series — introduced in 1946 to honor President Franklin D. Roosevelt following his death in April 1945 — this San Francisco Mint DDR preserves an inaugural-year die variety on John R. Sinnock's new design. Light spread appears on OF AMERICA, UNUM, DIME, and the right stem of the olive branch, covering multiple reverse elements. Cataloged by VarietyVista under UVC-117 with die marker reference DMR-025, die Stage C documents both reverse and obverse in Late Die State (LDS), while earlier stages remain unconfirmed. A dual-attribution bonus enhances this variety's appeal: the obverse die is independently cataloged as ODV-001, and the reverse carries the characteristics of MMS-001, described as a "Trumpet tail" mintmark style — where the S mintmark's serifs flare outward in a distinctive trumpet-like form. This convergence of DDR, obverse die variety, and mintmark style creates a triple-interest die pair. Ten documented DDRs from the Roosevelt Dime's debut year demonstrates that variety research on this series begins at its very origin, documenting die preparation anomalies from the first production run of Sinnock's design.

Die Markers

• UVC-117
• DMR-025
• 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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