2004 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-021

Description

Twenty-first doubled die reverse cataloged by VarietyVista for the 2004 Philadelphia Mint Lincoln Memorial Cent, this variety displays a medium spread West as an extra lower column number 7 from knee to pedestal within the Lincoln Memorial. Die markers UVC-2893 and DMR-024 identify the specific die pair, with Stage A showing both the reverse and obverse in early die state (EDS), and Stages B (MDS) and C (LDS) unconfirmed. Column number 7, positioned to the right of the seated Lincoln statue in Frank Gasparro's Memorial design, is one of the most frequently affected elements in DDR varieties because its thin vertical profile serves as an exceptionally sensitive indicator of East-West hub displacement. The distinction between DDR-021 (knee to pedestal) and DDR-034 (shoulder to knee) for the same 2004 date illustrates how different dies with distinct hubbing misalignments produce doubling at different heights along the same column — knee-to-pedestal versus shoulder-to-knee represent different vertical extents of the same column affected by different displacement angles. The 2004-P Lincoln Memorial Cent belongs to the final years of the Memorial reverse's nearly fifty-year run, and twenty-one DDRs cataloged by this point in the sequence (with at least thirty-four known) demonstrates the prolific nature of doubled die production during this late-era period.

Die Markers

• UVC-2893
• DMR-024
• 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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