1953-D DDR-001
1953 D 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 | I rotated hub doubling |
| Spread | CCW |
| Strength | strong |
| Shows on | EPU, QUARTER DOLLAR, USA, lower wreath |
Doubled die Class I (rotated hub doubling); counter-clockwise spread; strong spread. Visible on QUARTER DOLLAR, USA, EPU, lower wreath.
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: Short die gouges running SE at the upper left date.
- reverse: Reverse: Short die gouge running SW at the right U of UNITED.
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.
