1964-D Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-008

Description

Eighth in the Wexler reverse doubled die census for the 1964-D Roosevelt silver dime, WDDR-008 displays a close spread towards the center on AMERICA and ONE DIME — a directional characteristic indicating the secondary hub impression shifted inward relative to the primary. John R. Sinnock's Roosevelt dime reverse features the torch flanked by olive and oak branches, with the denomination ONE DIME below and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA above. The Wexler Team documented specific die markers for identification: on the obverse, a blunt tail 9 in the date (though otherwise no significant markers were noted), and on the reverse, a die gouge to the right of the lower I in UNITED plus a die scratch extending northeast from the upper I in DIME. An important attribution caution accompanies this variety: mechanical doubling shows on most reverse design elements of the examined specimen, and the Wexler Team notes that care must be taken to avoid confusing the mechanical doubling (strike doubling, which is flat and shelf-like) with the genuine hub doubling (which produces rounded, raised secondary images). Denver struck approximately 1.36 billion silver dimes in 1964, the highest single-date dime mintage up to that point, driven by the coin shortage crisis that prompted the elimination of silver from dimes the following year. The close spread classification indicates the primary and secondary hub impressions nearly overlap, producing thickened letter contours rather than dramatically separated doubled images — a subtlety compounded by the presence of mechanical doubling on the same die. Cross-referenced as Wexler Variety ID: 1964-D 10c WDDR-008, with no other attribution system listings currently known. The blunt tail 9 on the obverse provides the initial die identification checkpoint.

Attribution History

• Discovered by John A. Wexler Cross References: None known Comments: Mechanical doubling shows on most of the reverse design elements of the specimen examined. Care needs to be taken so that you don’t confuse the mechanical doubling with the doubled die doubling.
• None known Comments: Mechanical doubling shows on most of the reverse design elements of the specimen examined. Care needs to be taken so that you don’t confuse the mechanical doubling with the doubled die doubling.; Wexler Variety ID: 1964-D 10¢ WDDR-008
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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