1946-S Doubled Die Reverse DDR-017

Description

Seventeenth doubled die reverse for the inaugural 1946-S Roosevelt Dime, DDR-017 presents a light spread visible on AMERICA, UNUM, the right branch leaves, and the denomination DIME — an unusually broad distribution of doubling that affects multiple design elements across the reverse surface. The 1946-S holds particular significance as the first year of the Roosevelt Dime series, introduced to honor President Franklin D. Roosevelt following his death in April 1945, and San Francisco's contribution to the inaugural mintage totaled 27,900,000 coins struck in 90% silver. VarietyVista catalogs this variety with die markers UVC-138 and DMR-046 across three stages: both Stages A and B remain unconfirmed, with only Stage C documented showing both the reverse and obverse in Late Die State. A cross-variety relationship exists with two other known varieties on this same die marriage — the obverse is designated ODV-001 and the reverse carries MMS-001 with a distinctive trumpet-tail mintmark style, meaning that a single coin from this die pair can simultaneously exhibit three attributable varieties. The trumpet-tail S mintmark is a recognized variant of the San Francisco mintmark punch where the lower terminal of the S curves outward in a flared shape reminiscent of a trumpet bell, providing an additional attribution point beyond the doubling itself. The combination of a doubled die reverse, an obverse die variety, and a distinctive mintmark style on a first-year-of-issue coin makes this die marriage particularly appealing to Roosevelt Dime specialists building comprehensive variety collections of the series' earliest production. Documented by VarietyVista.

Die Markers

• UVC-138
• DMR-046
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• Reverse and Obverse are LDS

Attribution History

• Discovered by Charlie Adkins
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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