1964 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-056

Description

Cataloged as Wexler Variety ID 1964 WDDR-056 and attributed by Brian A. Ribar, this 1964 Jefferson Nickel carries a replacement listing history: it was formerly listed as WDDR-176, and now occupies the WDDR-056 slot after the original WDDR-056 was delisted because it was determined to be a doubled working hub (reclassified as WWHR-001) rather than a true doubled die. This distinction is numismatically significant — a doubled working hub affects all dies made from that hub, potentially producing many identical "doubled" dies, whereas a doubled die affects only the single working die that received the misaligned impression. The variety displays close Class II distorted hub doubling on OF AMERICA and the right side of the Monticello building. Obverse die markers show no noted features, while the reverse carries a short die scratch below the second O of MONTICELLO and a die scratch below the S of CENTS. The 1964 Jefferson Nickel was struck at the Philadelphia Mint in 75% copper and 25% nickel at 5.0 grams and 21.2 mm diameter, with a combined 1964 Philadelphia mintage of 1,024,672,000 nickels — an enormous production run driven by the coin shortage crisis of the early 1960s. The replacement listing from WDDR-176 to WDDR-056 and the distinction from the doubled working hub WWHR-001 highlight the evolving precision of modern variety attribution, where cataloging standards are continuously refined to maintain accurate classifications.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Brian A. Ribar
• Wexler Variety ID: 1964 WDDR-056
• Expert attribution by Brian A. Ribar

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