1963 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-023

Description

Twenty-three documented doubled die reverses for the 1963 Roosevelt Silver Dime confirm the thoroughness of variety research on one of the final silver dime dates, produced just two years before the Coinage Act of 1965 removed silver from circulating dimes. DDR-023 exhibits medium spread on UNITED STATES, the E PLU portion of PLURIBUS, ONE, and the lower olive branch — a distribution of doubling across both text and design elements that provides multiple diagnostic checkpoints. Die markers tracked under UVC-813 and DMR-030 document three stages: Stage A in Early Die State (unconfirmed), Stage B showing both reverse and obverse in Mid-Die State (MDS), and Stage C in Late Die State (unconfirmed). Cataloged by VarietyVista, this variety exists on the 90% silver Roosevelt Dime that collectors prize both for its precious metal content and its position near the end of the silver dime era. The 1963 Philadelphia Mint struck approximately 421.5 million dimes, a substantial production figure that consumed hundreds of working dies and generated correspondingly numerous opportunities for hub misalignment. John R. Sinnock's torch, olive branch, and oak branch reverse design, in service since the series debut in 1946, provides a mix of organic and geometric elements that show hub doubling in different characteristic ways — the olive branch stems revealing spread through slight widening, while the text elements display more conventional split-serif effects.

Die Markers

• UVC-813
• DMR-030
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Reverse and Obverse are MDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by James Wiles
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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