1956 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-013

Description

Increasing spread from left to right across the reverse distinguishes DDR-013 on the 1956 Philadelphia Jefferson Nickel, where medium doubling appears on E PLURIBUS UNUM and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with the spread magnitude growing progressively toward the right side of the design. This left-to-right intensification pattern is characteristic of rotational hub displacement, where the hub pivoted slightly during impression, creating minimal doubling near the rotation center and maximum doubling at the design periphery furthest from the pivot point. Die markers tracked under UVC-930 and DMR-017 document three stages: Stage A at Early Die State (unconfirmed), Stage B with both reverse and obverse confirmed at Mid Die State, and Stage C at Late Die State (unconfirmed). Philadelphia struck 35,216,000 Jefferson Nickels in 1956, a moderate output that consumed a manageable number of die pairs. Cataloged by VarietyVista, DDR-013 rewards careful measurement of the spread differential — collectors can verify the rotational mechanism by comparing doubling width at the leftmost and rightmost letters of E PLURIBUS UNUM, where the right-side letters should show detectably wider separation than those on the left.

Die Markers

• UVC-930
• DMR-017
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Reverse and Obverse are MDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by James Wiles
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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