1948 VDDO VDDO-002

Description

Medium spread in the upper 9 of the date identifies VDDO-002, the second cataloged VarietyVista doubled die obverse for the 1948 Philadelphia Lincoln Wheat Cent, produced during the postwar period when the Mint had returned to standard 95% copper composition after the wartime shell-case and zinc-coated steel experiments. Die markers tracked under UVC codes (pending final assignment) and DMR codes document a three-stage die life: Stage A at Early Die State with die scratches through the left wheat stem serving as a confirmatory marker, Stage B at Mid Die State (unconfirmed), and Stage C at Late Die State (unconfirmed). Philadelphia struck 317,570,000 Lincoln Cents in 1948, a substantial mintage that places this date among the common issues in the Wheat Cent series yet one that continues yielding attributable doubled die varieties for persistent searchers. The doubling concentrated in the upper portion of the numeral 9 creates an asymmetric diagnostic: only part of the date shows visible displacement, indicating the hub shift occurred at an angle that placed the 9 near the axis of rotation rather than at the periphery where displacement would be most pronounced. VarietyVista's documentation of multiple die stages allows collectors to pursue die state progressions, tracking how the die's surface evolved from early fresh impressions through late-state deterioration.

Die Markers

• UVC-????
• DMR-00?
• Stage A:
• Obverse is EDS
• Die scratches through Left stem – EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by David Freudenberg
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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