1946-S DDR-002
1946 S Walking Liberty Half
Before you trust a marker match, read Die Markers Say Which Die. Do They Say Hub Doubling? - how to tell hub doubling from mechanical doubling and a repunched mint mark, and what a die marker does and does not prove.
| Class | IV+V |
| Spread | CW |
| Shows on | E PLURIBUS UNUM, F of HALF, cactus with light offset spread on eagle's center, lower feathers, lower pine needles closest to the eagle, plumage above both claws of the eagle |
Doubled die Class IV+V; clockwise spread; pivot near K-2. Visible on E PLURIBUS UNUM, cactus with light offset spread on eagle's center, lower feathers, plumage above both claws of the eagle, lower pine needles closest to the eagle, F of HALF.
Die markers
The things that tell this die apart from every other die of the same date, other than the doubling itself. This is the list to work down with the coin in front of you.
- Die scratch running S at the A of AMERICA (middle die state).
- Die scratch running N at the W of WE (middle die state).
- obverse: Obverse: Die marker.
- obverse: Obverse: Die marker at the lower IN of IGWT.
- obverse: Obverse: Die scratch.
- reverse: Reverse: Die marker.
- reverse: Reverse: Die marker running N.
- reverse: Reverse: Light die scratches running N.
Also cataloged as
Checking the markers is the work
Every marker above is something you have to find on an actual coin, at an actual magnification. CoinScope Pro puts a real scale on the photograph so a spread is a number you can compare, and refuses to answer when the evidence will not carry it.
