1930 Doubled Die Obverse DDO-004

Description

Listed in the Fivaz-Stanton Cherrypickers' guide as FS-102, this 1930 Philadelphia Mint Buffalo Nickel doubled die obverse shows strong spread on the Indian's eyelid and lower vertical feather — areas where the doubling is most visible to the naked eye and under low magnification. Three die stages are documented through die markers UVC-101 and DMR-005: Stage A at Early Die State (unconfirmed), Stage B at Mid-Die State where both obverse and reverse are confirmed, and Stage C at Late Die State where remnants of a die clash appear under the chin and through E PLURIBUS UNUM. The die clash evidence in Stage C reveals that this die was involved in a clashing incident — where the obverse and reverse dies struck each other without a planchet, transferring ghost images of each design onto the other. The combination of doubled die obverse and die clash on the same die creates a multi-feature variety of particular interest. Cataloged by VarietyVista, the FS-102 Cherrypickers' listing elevates this variety to one that mainstream collectors and dealers actively seek beyond the specialized die variety community.

Die Markers

• UVC-101
• DMR-005
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Obverse and Reverse are MDS
• Stage C:
• Remnants of die clash under chin – LDS
• Die clash through E PLURIBUS UNUM – LDS

Attribution History

• Discovered by Unknown
• FS-102
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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