1955-D VDDO VDDO-004

Description

Fourth documented doubled die obverse for the 1955 Denver Mint Lincoln Wheat Cent, VDDO-004 exhibits a light spread on the first T of TRUST — a subtle but verifiable doubling characteristic that requires careful examination under magnification to confirm. Cataloged by VarietyVista with provisionally assigned die markers UVC-???? and DMR-0??, the question marks indicate that specific die identification codes had not been finalized at the time of documentation. The variety progresses through three die stages: Stage A with both obverse and reverse in early die state, and Stages B and C in mid and late die state respectively, both unconfirmed. The 1955-D Lincoln Wheat Cent shares its date year with one of the most celebrated errors in American numismatics — the 1955 Philadelphia doubled die obverse (DDO-001), which shows dramatic doubling across the entire obverse design and commands prices in the thousands of dollars. While the Denver Mint's VDDO-004 exhibits far more modest doubling limited to a single letter, it benefits from the intense collector interest that the famous 1955 DDO has focused on all 1955-dated cents. Denver produced over 563 million cents in 1955, a substantial output that generated numerous die pairs and corresponding opportunity for doubled die varieties. The light spread on the first T of TRUST places the doubling on one of the motto letters positioned above Lincoln's portrait, where the incuse lettering depth and the specific die geometry influence how hubbing displacement manifests on the struck coin. The VDDO prefix distinguishes this as a VarietyVista Doubled Die Obverse attribution.

Die Markers

• UVC-????
• DMR-0??
• Stage A:
• Obverse and Reverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Brian Sims
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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