1943 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-003

Description

Cataloged by VarietyVista, the 1943 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-003 on the Jefferson Nickel displays light spread on UNUM, OF AMERICA, and CENTS. The 1943 Jefferson Nickel is a wartime issue struck in the emergency 56% copper, 35% silver, 9% manganese alloy adopted from mid-1942 through 1945 to conserve nickel for military use, weighing 5.00 grams at 21.2 mm diameter with Felix Schlag's original design. Die markers are UVC-724 and DMR-078, with three documented die states: Stage A showing a die scratch running north from the U of UNITED through the left building edge at Early Die State with the obverse also at EDS, Stage B with both reverse and obverse at Mid Die State, and Stage C at Late Die State (unconfirmed). The die scratch from UNITED through the building edge on the Monticello design provides a distinctive authentication marker visible even at lower magnification. While the doubling itself is described as light, the spread across three separate elements — UNUM, OF AMERICA, and CENTS — confirms it as hub doubling rather than localized die deterioration. Wartime nickel varieties attract collectors interested in both the error variety aspect and the historical significance of the emergency silver-alloy composition mandated during World War II.

Die Markers

• UVC-724
• DMR-078
• Stage A:
• Die scratch North from U of UNITED through Left building edge – EDS
• Obverse is EDS
• Stage B:
• Reverse and Obverse are MDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Timothy Wissert
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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