2012 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-002

Description

Identified by the Wexler Team under variety code 2012-P 10¢ WDDR-002, this Philadelphia Roosevelt dime carries the second cataloged doubled die reverse for the 2012 issue year. The presence of multiple DDR listings for a single date indicates that more than one working die received anomalous hubbing impressions during the die preparation process — a statistical inevitability given the hundreds of dies produced annually to sustain the dime's massive production runs at Philadelphia. John R. Sinnock's reverse design, unchanged since the dime's 1946 debut, features a central torch symbolizing liberty, flanked by an olive branch for peace and an oak branch for strength and independence. Hub doubling on this design typically manifests on the lettering of ONE DIME, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, or E PLURIBUS UNUM, and on the edges of the torch flame and branch leaves where the design's relief transitions create natural break lines for doubled images. No additional cross-references have been established, and no supplementary die markers beyond the doubling itself have been reported for WDDR-002. The 2012 Philadelphia dime mintage exceeded a billion coins, making the base issue ubiquitous in circulation but individual die varieties scarce relative to the total population — a dynamic that rewards patient roll searching and careful magnified examination by variety specialists.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Tanner Scott Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2012-P 10¢ WDDR-002
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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