2020 VDDR VDDR-005

Description

Monticello's central doorway provides the diagnostic target for VDDR-005 on the 2020 Philadelphia Jefferson Nickel, where light spread in an East-Southeast direction creates an extra left side and top middle roof of the central doorway above the steps. The architectural precision of Jamie Franki's Return to Monticello reverse, restored in 2006 after the two-year Westward Journey interruption, makes doorway and pediment doubling particularly identifiable because the geometric straight lines of door frames and rooflines establish clear reference baselines. Die markers UVC-???? and DMR-00? carry placeholder codes awaiting specimen confirmation by VarietyVista, with three die stages documented: Stage A showing 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 Early Die State in Stage A means this doubling was present from the die's first impressions, indicating the hub misalignment was established during die manufacture rather than developing through progressive die deterioration. Philadelphia's 2020 nickel production was affected by pandemic-related disruptions that temporarily reduced output and created the widely reported national coin shortage, though production facilities continued operating with modified staffing. The East-Southeast spread direction places VDDR-005 among the directional doubled dies where hub displacement followed a specific angular vector during the sinking process.

Die Markers

• UVC-????
• DMR-00?
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are
• EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Robert Umbarger
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

External References