1952-S Doubled Die Reverse DDR-00

Description

Cataloged by VarietyVista for the 1952 San Francisco Mint Jefferson Nickel, this doubled die reverse — with its unusual DDR-00 designation suggesting it may be a preliminary or unfinalized catalog entry — shows medium spread on E PLURIBUS UNUM on Felix Schlag's Monticello reverse. The UVC and DMR codes remain pending (marked with question marks), indicating this variety was documented but had not received final technical classification numbers at the time of listing. Three die stages are tracked: Stage A at early die state (unconfirmed), Stage B at mid-die state (unconfirmed), and Stage C showing both reverse and obverse at late die state — the only confirmed stage. Medium spread on E PLURIBUS UNUM indicates the secondary hub impression displaced the motto letters at a distance visible under moderate magnification, placing this variety in the mid-range of doubling prominence between the subtle "very light" and dramatic "strong" categories. The 1952-S Jefferson Nickel was struck at the San Francisco Mint during the Korean War era, when S-mint nickel production served the western United States' coinage needs. San Francisco nickels of the early 1950s are generally available in circulated grades but can be challenging in higher mint state conditions, and doubled die varieties add a collecting dimension beyond the standard date-and-mint approach. The pending status of the UVC and DMR codes and the DDR-00 designation suggest this variety may have been recently discovered or was still undergoing the verification process when VarietyVista published its initial listing, awaiting specimen examination and photographic documentation before receiving finalized catalog numbers.

Die Markers

• UVC-???
• DMR-00?
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• Reverse and Obverse are LDS

Attribution History

• Discovered by Brian Ribar
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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