2002 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-018

Description

Medium westward spread manifests as a ghost duplicate of column number seven on the Lincoln Memorial, running from the elbow area down to the pedestal, on this 2002 Philadelphia Mint Lincoln Memorial Cent doubled die reverse. The extra column is more pronounced than the light spread seen on the 1999-D DDR-003 for the same memorial feature, indicating a stronger hub displacement during the die-making process. VarietyVista records die markers UVC-3251 and DMR-019, with three documented die stages: Stage A where both reverse and obverse are in Early Die State (EDS), and Stages B and C at Mid Die State and Late Die State that remain unconfirmed. The eighteen doubled die reverses cataloged for the 2002 Philadelphia cent demonstrate the intensity of variety research on late-era Memorial Cents, when high production volumes and modern hubbing technology sometimes produced subtle alignment errors across multiple die pairs. The Lincoln Memorial reverse, designed by Frank Gasparro in 1959, featured intricate architectural detail — twelve columns, three doorways, and the seated Lincoln statue — that made hub alignment deviations particularly visible. Column seven, positioned on the south portico, falls in a region where even small lateral hub shifts generate noticeable doubling due to the vertical geometry of the architectural elements.

Die Markers

• UVC-3251
• DMR-019
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by James Wiles
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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