2000 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-015

Description

Fifteenth in the reverse doubled die census for the 2000 Lincoln Memorial cent, DDR-015 reveals medium eastward spread manifesting as an extra column number 6 — visible from the hand down to the ankle of the seated Lincoln figure — plus an additional knee impression nestled between the figure's knees inside Frank Gasparro's memorial facade. VarietyVista cataloged this variety under UVC-3110 and DMR-017, tracking three die stages: Stage A where the reverse exhibits early die state while the obverse has already progressed to mid die state, Stage B at mid die state (unconfirmed), and Stage C at late die state (unconfirmed). The asymmetric die state in Stage A — reverse EDS paired with obverse MDS — indicates the reverse die entered service after its obverse partner had already seen considerable use, a routine occurrence when the Mint replaced individual dies at different rates as they wore. Philadelphia produced approximately 5.50 billion cents in 2000, driving the extraordinary die consumption that made fifteen or more independent reverse hub doubling events a statistical certainty. The RDV-007 reverse design variant notation anchors DDR-015 within the same hub lineage as the broader family of phantom column DDRs spanning 1999 and 2000 production. Unlike the westward-spread extra column 7 varieties that predominate in this census, DDR-015 exhibits eastward displacement creating a ghost column 6 — a directional distinction that reveals a different hub alignment error than the one responsible for the column 7 family. The extra knee between the seated figure's knees provides a second anatomical doubling diagnostic that supplements the phantom column, giving collectors two independent confirmation points. Examination under 10-15x magnification should focus first on the column area from hand to ankle level, then on the knee zone where the secondary impression creates a third knee form between the primary pair.

Die Markers

• UVC-3110
• DMR-017
• Stage A:
• Reverse is EDS
• Obverse is MDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by James Wiles
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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