1964 Jefferson Nickel - Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-079

Description

Close Class II distorted hub doubling on E PLURIBUS UNUM and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, with both spreads increasing from left to right and showing best on UNUM and AMERICA, characterizes this seventy-ninth doubled die reverse for the 1964 Jefferson Nickel. Attributed by John A. Wexler under Wexler Variety ID 1964 WDDR-079, a die marker on the reverse consists of a small die dot below N of UNITED, while the obverse shows no noted markers. This unprecedented output consumed a staggering number of die pairs, and Class II distorted hub doubling — where deformation within the hub itself creates an asymmetric spread — was one of several doubling mechanisms that affected these dies. The progressive left-to-right increase in the spread is characteristic of Class II, where the distortion radiates outward from a focal point. Felix Schlag's Monticello reverse provided detailed lettering in E PLURIBUS UNUM and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA where the increasing displacement became most visible at the rightward extremes of each inscription.

Cross References

• Wexler Variety ID: 1964 WDDR-079

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