1962 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-005

Description

Fifth documented DDR for the 1962 Philadelphia Mint Jefferson Nickel — a date that has yielded an extraordinary catalog of reverse doubled dies, with the Wexler system alone documenting over seventy entries. DDR-005 displays light spread on OF AMERICA, consistent with many Jefferson Nickel DDRs where the peripheral reverse lettering captures the most visible hub displacement. Cataloged by VarietyVista under UVC-1083 with die marker reference DMR-014, three die states trace the die's working life through production. The sheer volume of documented DDRs for 1962 Jefferson Nickels — recall WDDR-070 and WDDR-072 elsewhere in the catalog — reflects both the large number of die pairs employed at Philadelphia and the decades of systematic examination these coins have received from variety researchers. Light spread on OF AMERICA, while requiring magnification to confirm, provides a reliable attribution point. The 1962 date falls in the post-war era of high-volume proof and business strike production, and the convergence of massive output with intensive collector scrutiny has made it one of the most thoroughly documented dates for reverse die doubling in any American coin series.

Die Markers

• UVC-1083
• DMR-014
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by John A. Wexler and Ed Sabol
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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