1957 VDDO VDDO-003

Description

Designated under the VDDO (Variety Dies Doubled Obverse) cataloging system, VDDO-003 of the 1957 Lincoln Wheat Cent documents a light spread on LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST on this Philadelphia issue. Cataloged by VarietyVista as UVC-1892 (DMR-005), the variety employs the VDDO nomenclature — an alternative attribution framework used alongside the more widely recognized WDDO (Wexler) and DDO (VarietyVista) systems. The light spread on two major obverse inscriptions confirms a hub doubling event affecting a broad area of the die face with modest displacement. The 1957 Wheat Cent was produced at Philadelphia and Denver in the series' penultimate year before the transition to the Lincoln Memorial reverse in 1959, lending late-series context. Victor David Brenner's wheat-ears reverse, in continuous production since 1909, was nearing the end of its remarkable half-century run. Light doubling on LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST is best examined under moderate magnification, where the secondary image appears as a subtle shadow or extra thickness on letter strokes rather than clearly separated doubled characters.

Die Markers

• UVC-1892
• DMR-005
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Obverse and Reverse are
• MDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by James Wiles
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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