1940-D Doubled Die Reverse DDR-004

Description

Felix Schlag's Monticello reverse, in only its third year of production on the Jefferson Nickel, exhibits light spread across E PLURIBUS UNUM, UNITED STATES, FIVE CENTS, and MO and LLO of MONTICELLO on DDR-004 from the 1940 Denver Mint. Die markers tracked under UVC-655 and DMR-008 document three stages: Stage A with both reverse and obverse at Early Die State, Stage B at Mid Die State (unconfirmed), and Stage C at Late Die State (unconfirmed). Denver struck 43,540,000 Jefferson Nickels in 1940, a modest output compared to Philadelphia's production, and this variety's light spread across five distinct legend and design elements indicates a broad but subtle hub displacement during die manufacture. The Monticello architectural detail — particularly the letters of MONTICELLO itself — provides diagnostic surfaces where even light doubling creates measurable secondary impressions alongside the precisely engraved lettering. Cataloged by VarietyVista, DDR-004 represents an early entry in the Jefferson Nickel DDR catalog for the 1940-D date, and its wide distribution across multiple legend elements compensates for the light spread magnitude by offering numerous examination points for attribution confirmation across different areas of the reverse design.

Die Markers

• UVC-655
• DMR-008
• 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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