2007 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-004

Description

Cataloged by the Wexler Team as Wexler Variety ID 2007-P $1 GW WDDR-004 with no other known cross-references, this doubled die reverse on the 2007-P George Washington Presidential Dollar shows doubling at the intersection of the second ray clockwise from the head and the right arm of the Statue of Liberty on Don Everhart's common reverse design. The obverse die markers include a die scratch running SE from the top center of the W to the lower left of the A in WASHINGTON, plus a die scratch from WNW to ESE through the lower left H in WASHINGTON. The reverse carries a die scratch running east from the center right of the dollar sign. The GW designation in the Wexler catalog number specifies this as a George Washington issue — the first president honored in the Presidential Dollar series launched in 2007 under the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005. Don Everhart's Statue of Liberty reverse, used as the common reverse for all Presidential Dollars, features Lady Liberty holding her torch with radiating rays — the intersection point where the second ray meets the arm serving as the precise location of this variety's doubling. The 2007-P George Washington Presidential Dollar was struck at the Philadelphia Mint in manganese brass clad over a copper core, weighing 8.10 grams with a 26.5 mm diameter and a distinctive edge-lettered format carrying the date, mintmark, and E PLURIBUS UNUM. The die scratches through WASHINGTON on the obverse provide die identification markers at multiple geographic points across the inscription, enabling confident attribution even before examining the specific ray-arm intersection on the reverse under 7x to 10x magnification.

Attribution History

• Discovered by David Mulberry Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2007-P $1 GW WDDR-004
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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