2007 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-001

Description

First cataloged doubled die reverse for the 2007 Sacagawea Dollar in Satin Finish, DDR-001 presents medium extra thickness with some notches on E PLURIBUS UNUM and the lower and right stars on the reverse. As the inaugural DDR entry for this date, it establishes the baseline for doubled die documentation on the 2007 dollar reverse featuring the Soaring Eagle design by Thomas D. Rogers Sr. The Satin Finish designation is critical to understanding this variety's context: from 2005 through 2010, the U.S. Mint produced special Satin Finish coins exclusively for annual uncirculated mint sets, distinguished from standard business strikes by their matte, non-reflective surfaces achieved through a specialized burnishing process. This means DDR-001 can only be found in the 2007 Uncirculated Mint Sets, not in circulation, limiting the available population to the number of sets produced and sold. The VarietyVista catalog assigns UVC-086 and DMR-003, with Stage A showing both reverse and obverse in Early Die State, while Stages B and C remain unconfirmed. The variety is classified as Class VI doubling (designated 1-R-VI in the cataloging system), a distorted hub doubling subtype that produces characteristic spread patterns. The notches on E PLURIBUS UNUM and the stars provide multiple attribution points spread across the reverse field. Sacagawea Dollar varieties have traditionally received less collector attention than cent or quarter varieties, making this lead DDR entry an important anchor for the date's variety catalog.

Die Markers

• VV catalog: UVC-086, DMR-003. Stage A: Reverse and Obverse are EDS. Stage B: MDS (unconfirmed). Stage C: LDS (unconfirmed).

Attribution History

• Discovered by Dale Stokes
• Expert attribution by Variety Vista

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