1963
Comment: There are an abundance of doubled die varieties for 1963. Almost every one of them has been reported on proof issues. It seems peculiar that almost none of the regular issue coins have been reported to exhibit this same proliferation of error. Perhaps 1963 may prove to be a fertile hunting ground for regular issue doubled die discoveries.
Also, the imperfection on the “W” of the word WE in the obverse motto IN GOD WE TRUST (as described in the chapter for 1961) continues to be present on many coins from each mint as well as on proof issues.
1963 (Philadelphia)
Mintage: 123,650,000 + 3,075,645 proof (126,725,645 total)
Doubled Die List
1963 1-O-II-C PUP: Very strong spread on LIBERTY,
+V-CW date and IN GOD WE TRUST.
Note: Cataloged by Fivaz and
Stanton in the
Cherrypickers’ Guide as
FS-016.
1963 2-O-II-C PUP: Strong spread on JS and date.
Light doubling on IN GOD WE
TRUST.
1963 3-O-II-C+ PUP: Medium rotational spread on
V-CW LIBERTY and hair. Light spread
on date.
Note: This obverse has been
paired with the reverse doubled
die identifiable as 21-R-V-CW.
1963 PR-4-O-II-C + PUP: Medium spread on LIBERTY, IN
V-CCW GOD WE TRUST, eyelid and
hair. Light spread on JS and date.
1963 PR-5-O-II-C PUP: Light doubling on JS.
1963 PR-1-R-II-C PUP: Strong spread on UNITED
+V-CCW STATES, ONE DIME, left
branch and leaves, dot, flame, and
E PLURIB of PLURIBUS.
1963 PR-2-R-II-C PUP: Strong spread on lettering and
design on left side of coin. Light
spread on right side details.
1963 PR-3-R-II-C PUP: Medium spread on UNITED
STATES, ONE DIME, E PLU,
and Left edges of olive branches.
1963 PR-4-R-I-CW PUP: Medium rotational spread on
UNITED, left stem, and olive
branch. Light spread on E
PLURIBUS, ONE, and ME of
AMERICA.
1963 PR-5-R-II-C PUP: Medium spread on UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, ONE
DIME, E PLU, and Left stem.
1963 PR-6-R-I-CCW PUP: Light spread on outer lettering
which will appear as
notched upper left serifs.
1963 PR-7-R-V-CW PUP: Strong spread on UNITED.
Medium spread on E PLU. Split
lower left branch and olive stem.
Notched corners on STATES OF
AMERICA and ONE.
Note: Cataloged by Fivaz and
Stanton in the
Cherrypickers’ Guide as
FS-017.
1963 PR-8-R-II-C PUP: Light spread on UNITED
and ONE.
1963 PR-9-R-I-CCW PUP: Strong spread on all reverse
details.
Note: Cataloged by Fivaz and
Stanton in the
Cherrypickers’ Guide as
FS-017.5.
1963 PR-10-R-V-CCW PUP: Medium spread on UNITED
STATES OF.
1963 PR-11-R-II-C PUP: Light spread on AMERICA and
ONE DIME.
1963 PR-12-R-V-CW PUP: Strong spread on UNITED
STATES, E PLU and ONE.
Note: Cataloged by Fivaz and
Stanton in the
Cherrypickers’ Guide as
FS-018.
1963 PR-13-R-I-CW PUP: Light spread visible as notched
corners on UNITED, elongated
left dot, and split olive stem.
1963 14-R-V-CW PUP: Strong spread on UNITED as
notched serifs, E PLU, olive
branch, and left stem. Medium
spread on STATES and ONE as
notched serifs.
1963 15-R-II-C PUP: Medium spread on left dot,
+V-CCW UNITED STATES, and E PLU.
Light rotational spread on ONE,
olive branches, and leaves.
1963 16-R-II-C PUP: Light spread on UNITED
STATES, ONE DIME, and
E PLU OF PLURIBUS.
1963 17-R-II-C PUP: Light spread on UNITED
STATES OF ONE, and E PLU.
1963 18-R-V-CCW PUP: Light spread on ONE, UNI of
UNITED as notched corners, left
stem, and E PLU of PLURIBUS.
1963 19-R-II-C PUP: Light spread on UNITED, ONE
DIME, E PLU, and left edges
of olive leaves.
1963 PR-20-R-II-C+VI PUP: Medium spread with strong extra
thickness on UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA, ONE DIME,
E PLURIBUS UNUM, and
stems.
1963 PR-21-R-V-CW PUP: Medium spread on UNITED as
notched corners with light spread
on remainder of all outer lettering
and flame tips.
Note: This reverse has been
paired with the obverse
doubled die identifiable as
PR-3-O-II-C+V-CW.
1963-D
Mintage: 421,476,530
Repunched Mint Mark List
1963-D RPM #1
D/DSouthwest
Doubled Die List
1963-D 1-R-IV PUP: Strong spread on lettering and
design elements on the right side.
Light to medium spread on
lettering and design elements on
the left side.
Note: This coin was featured
in the September 1996
issue of Cherrypicker's
News as FS # 10c - 018.2.
