1951-P DDO-004
1951 P Washington Quarter
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 | V pivoted hub doubling |
| Spread | CW |
| Strength | strong |
| Shows on | LIBERTY, date, designer's initials, lower queue |
Doubled die Class V (pivoted hub doubling); clockwise spread; strong spread. Visible on LIBERTY, date, designer's initials, lower queue.
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.
- obverse: Obverse: Die scratches, parallel, running N below the forehead and I of LIBERTY.
- obverse: Obverse: Small die gouge at the upper R of LIBERTY.
- obverse: Obverse: Die crack running E at the upper forehead and hair.
- obverse: Obverse: Die crack across the bust.
- reverse: Reverse: Die crack.
- reverse: Reverse: Die crack at the upper AMER of AMERICA.
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.
