1994 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-002

Description

Cataloged by VarietyVista with die marker references UVC-3296 and DMR-005, DDR-002 is a doubled die reverse on the 1994 Philadelphia Lincoln Memorial cent that exhibits a light spread on AMERICA, the designer's initials (FG, for Frank Gasparro), and CENT. The "light spread" classification indicates that the hub displacement between impressions was minimal — producing doubling that is subtle rather than dramatic and that requires magnification to observe clearly. On the Lincoln Memorial reverse, light spread on lettering typically manifests as a slight thickening of letter strokes, faint notching at serifs, or barely perceptible separation lines alongside the primary letter outlines. The designer's initials FG, located at the lower right of the Memorial building, are a common diagnostic area for doubled die reverses because their small size makes even minor doubling proportionally more visible. AMERICA and CENT occupy different zones of the reverse — the upper arc and the lower central area respectively — and the presence of spread on both legends suggests the hub displacement affected the die broadly rather than concentrating in a single region. No additional cross-references beyond the VarietyVista catalog are currently known for this variety.

Die Markers

• UVC-3296; DMR-005

External References