1970-S Doubled Die Reverse DDR-004

Description

Showing light spread on UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — the full national inscription arcing around the upper reverse — DDR-004 on the 1970-S Jefferson Nickel is documented through die markers UVC-1378 and DMR-021. Light spread across the entire national inscription indicates a hub displacement direction that interacted broadly with the text arc above Monticello, rather than concentrating effects on a single word. Felix Schlag's reverse design places UNITED STATES OF AMERICA in a sweeping curve around the building's image, meaning the peripheral inscription occupies varying positions along the die curvature — and the doubling's visibility may vary subtly from letter to letter depending on each character's angle relative to the displacement direction. The 1970-S was a San Francisco business strike in standard copper-nickel composition, produced during the era when SF struck coins for general circulation alongside its proof production. UVC-1378 and DMR-021 provide the attribution framework, and the sequential relationship with other 1970-S DDR varieties (DDR-001 through DDR-004) allows collectors to systematically differentiate them by checking which text areas show doubling and correlating against die-specific markers.

Die Markers

• UVC-1378; DMR-021

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