2001 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-039

Description

Medium spread westward producing a thin extra column number seven, running from knee height to the pedestal, distinguishes DDR-039 among the reverse doubled die varieties for the 2001 Philadelphia Mint Lincoln Memorial Cent. The architectural detail of the Lincoln Memorial reverse — with its twelve columns, each individually rendered — provides exceptionally precise attribution points for doubled die detection, and column seven is one of the narrower pillars that shows displacement most clearly when a hub shift occurs. VarietyVista records die markers UVC-3284 and DMR-041, with three documented stages: Stage A presents both reverse and obverse in Early Die State, while Stages B (MDS) and C (LDS) remain unconfirmed. The westward direction of the spread means the extra column appears to the left of the primary column as viewed on the coin, and "medium" strength indicates the secondary image is visible under moderate magnification without requiring extreme loupe power. The 2001 Lincoln Memorial Cent was struck during the later years of Frank Gasparro's reverse design, and Philadelphia produced over 4.95 billion cents that year — a volume that consumed thousands of die pairs and generated a statistically meaningful number of hub alignment anomalies. The DDR-039 catalog number indicates that at least 39 distinct doubled die reverses have been documented for the 2001 date, reflecting both the enormous production volume and the detailed Memorial architecture that makes doubled dies particularly identifiable on this denomination.

Die Markers

• UVC-3284
• DMR-041
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by James Wiles
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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