1963 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-046

Description

Attributed by Rod Hostutler, the current WDDR-046 listing for the 1963 Jefferson Nickel has a noteworthy provenance: it was formerly designated WDDR-251 before being reassigned to the 046 slot when the original WDDR-046 was delisted for being too minor — a catalog housekeeping event that illustrates how attribution systems evolve over time as standards for minimum doubling visibility are refined and applied retroactively to existing entries. Classified as Class V, Pivoted Hub Doubling, the variety shows close doubling on E PLURIBUS UNUM, indicating a modest hub rotation around a fixed pivot point during one hubbing impression. No obverse die markers were noted, while the reverse carries a die dot to the lower left of the long right window of Monticello and die gouges to the upper left of the small right window. The relisting history — promotion from a high catalog number (251) to a lower position (046) — is atypical and typically occurs only when the vacated slot represents a more significant position in the catalog hierarchy that the variety merits. Close spread on E PLURIBUS UNUM at the Class V pivoted hub classification means the doubling radiates from a pivot point, with spread width proportional to distance from that axis, and the "close" intensity indicates the angular displacement was small. The 1963 Jefferson Nickel's massive DDR catalog (at least 251 entries before delistings) reflects decades of sustained variety-hunting effort on this date, which was one of the last pre-1964 Philadelphia business-strike issues before the coin shortage years altered production patterns. Rod Hostutler's contribution as attributor adds to the record of individual specialists who have expanded the Jefferson Nickel variety census.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Rod Hostutler
• Wexler Variety ID: 1963 WDDR-046
• Expert attribution by Rod Hostutler

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