2013 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-002

Description

Under the Wexler catalog entry 2013-P 10¢ WDDR-002, this second doubled die reverse for the 2013 Philadelphia Roosevelt dime records a hub-to-die misalignment that produced doubling on the reverse design elements of John R. Sinnock's enduring torch-and-branches motif. Having two cataloged DDR dies for a single date-mint combination is typical for high-volume modern denominations where the U.S. Mint manufactures hundreds of working dies annually — the probability that at least a few will receive slightly offset secondary hubbing impressions is substantial. Roosevelt dime DDR varieties range from dramatic, easily visible spreads that command collector premiums to subtle doublings detectable only under high magnification, and the specific strength and character of WDDR-002 determines its relative desirability within the broader 2013-P DDR population. The reverse design has served the dime without fundamental modification since President Truman approved Sinnock's combined obverse-reverse design in 1945 for issue beginning January 1946, meaning nearly eight decades of production data inform variety researchers' understanding of where and how doubling manifests on this specific design. No additional cross-references or die markers have been reported for this variety. Philadelphia's 2013 dime production contributed to the roughly twenty billion Roosevelt dimes struck since the series' inception, and finding a specific DDR within that vast output requires focused searching of date-sorted rolls and careful comparative examination against published diagnostic photographs.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Allen Darrow Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2013-P 10¢ WDDR-002
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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