1999 (P) Lincoln Memorial Cent - Doubled Die Reverse DDR-008

Description

Eighth in the 1999 Lincoln Memorial cent DDR census, DDR-008 exhibits light westward spread producing an extra column number 7 visible from the shin to the pedestal of the seated Lincoln figure within Frank Gasparro's memorial facade. VarietyVista documented this die under UVC-2973 and DMR-010, tracking three die stages: Stage A where both reverse and obverse surfaces show early die state characteristics, Stage B at mid die state (unconfirmed), and Stage C at late die state (unconfirmed). The EDS confirmation for Stage A ensures specimens with fresh die surfaces have been verified. The RDV-007 reverse design variant connects DDR-008 to the phantom column family that characterizes the 1999 Lincoln Memorial cent DDR landscape. The shin-to-pedestal range documents the lowest portion of the extra column, covering the area from the figure's lower leg down to the memorial floor — a segment that sits below DDR-007's elbow-to-knee range and DDR-003's knee-to-foot zone. Light spread classification distinguishes DDR-008 from the medium-spread varieties that dominate the 1999 DDR census, indicating a smaller magnitude of hub displacement that produces a less prominent phantom column requiring more careful examination to detect. The lower portion of the memorial interior where this DDR manifests — near the base of the seated figure and the pedestal — presents relatively smooth design surfaces where even light doubling can be detected against the clean field background between the memorial columns.

Die Markers

• UVC-2973
• DMR-010
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

External References