1960 Doubled Die Obverse DDO-013

Description

Very light spread characterizes DDO-013 on the 1960 Roosevelt Silver Dime, affecting the designer's initials (JS for John R. Sinnock, positioned side by side), the date, and the IN GOD WE TRUST motto. The involvement of the designer's initials in the doubling is diagnostically useful because these small, precisely placed letters respond sensitively to even minor hub displacement and provide a quick screening point for collectors working through rolls or bags of 1960 dimes. Die stage tracking under UVC-346 and DMR-015 documents three states: Stage A at Early Die State (unconfirmed), Stage B at Mid-Die State (unconfirmed), and Stage C with both obverse and reverse confirmed at Late Die State (LDS). The confirmed LDS classification suggests the most frequently encountered specimens will show additional die wear characteristics beyond the original hub doubling. The 1960 date falls within the final years of 90% silver composition Roosevelt Dimes, four years before the Coinage Act of 1965 transitioned circulating dimes to copper-nickel clad. Cataloged by VarietyVista, DDO-013 demonstrates that the Roosevelt Dime obverse — Franklin Roosevelt's profile with its surrounding inscriptions — continues to yield new doubled die discoveries across the silver composition era, rewarding patient examination of this heavily produced denomination.

Die Markers

• UVC-346
• DMR-015
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• Obverse and Reverse are LDS

Attribution History

• Discovered by J. T. Stanton
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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