2001 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-005

Description

Cataloged under UVC-2877 and DMR-007, DDR-005 displays a medium spread Northeast on the 2001 Philadelphia Lincoln Memorial Cent, producing an extra column number 6 and an extra knee appearing above and between the statue's legs. The Northeast spread direction — hub displaced toward the upper right relative to the die — creates doubled architectural elements that are offset diagonally rather than along purely horizontal or vertical axes, making the ghost column and extra knee diagnostics that reward careful examination at moderate magnification. Three die stages are documented: Stage A with both reverse and obverse at Early Die State, Stage B at Mid Die State (unconfirmed), and Stage C at Late Die State (unconfirmed). The confirmed EDS on both dies in Stage A establishes that the earliest strikes from this die pair display the full doubling, as hub misalignment is inherent in the die from manufacture. Cataloged by VarietyVista as the fifth DDR in their attribution system for the 2001 date, this variety's DMR-007 designation records the seventh die marriage documented for 2001 in the VarietyVista framework. The extra knee above and between the statue's legs is a particularly interesting diagnostic because it shows that the hub displacement was sufficient to create visible doubling even on the miniature Lincoln figure inside the Memorial — one of the smallest design elements on any circulating U.S. coin. Philadelphia struck 4,959,600,000 cents in 2001, ensuring these varieties exist in collectible quantities despite their specific die origin.

Die Markers

• UVC-2877
• DMR-007
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Dennis Fisher
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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