1963 Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-028

Description

Twenty-eighth Wexler-cataloged doubled die obverse for the 1963 Proof Washington Quarter, WDDO-028 displays a spread to the north on IN GOD WE TRUST, the date, designer John Flanagan's initials, and the bottom of the ribbon at Washington's bust. Cross-referenced as Wexler 1963 25c Pr WDDO-028, this proof variety includes a diagnostic die gouge on the lower bust north of the digit 6. The northward spread across multiple obverse elements indicates a Class I rotated hub doubling where the secondary impression shifted upward, producing doubled outlines above the primary design on the motto, date, initials, and ribbon. As a 1963 proof, this coin was struck at Philadelphia on polished 90% silver planchets — the penultimate year of silver proof quarters before the Coinage Act of 1965 ended silver in circulating coinage. The proof's mirror fields enhance the visibility of the northward spread. Flanagan's Washington Quarter was in its thirty-first year, struck at 24.3mm. Examine IGWT, the date, the initials, and the ribbon base for the northward spread, then confirm the die gouge on the lower bust above the 6.

Attribution History

• Discovered by John A. Wexler Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1963 25¢ Pr WDDO-028
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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