2024 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-006

Description

Identified through Class VIII tilted hub doubling visible on UNITED STATES, this sixth doubled die reverse for the 2024 Jefferson Nickel documents a contemporary die variety on one of the most recent dates in the Return to Monticello series. Class VIII doubling results from a slight angular tilt of the hub during the hubbing process, producing a rotational spread where design elements shift in an arc rather than a straight line. Die markers provide definitive attribution diagnostics: the obverse displays a die gouge below the 0 of the date, while the reverse shows a die chip to the lower right of the I of FIVE, die gouges above and to the left of the door right of the center door on Monticello, and a die gouge to the upper right of the D of UNITED. These specific die markers allow positive identification of the exact die pair that produced this variety. The 2024 Jefferson Nickel continues the Return to Monticello design introduced in 2006, maintaining the classic Felix Schlag rendering of Jefferson's Virginia estate on the reverse. Six documented doubled die reverses for a current-year issue reflects the speed of modern die variety research, where collectors and researchers examine newly released coins almost immediately after distribution begins.

Die Markers

• Obverse: Die gouge below 0 of date.
• Reverse: Die chip to lower right of I of FIVE; die gouges above and to the left of the door that is to the right of the center door; die gouge to upper right of D of UNITED.

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