2003 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-024

Description

Catalogued by VarietyVista as DDR-024 under UVC-3230 and DMR-027, this 2003 Philadelphia Lincoln Memorial cent shows a medium spread with light hubbing West, manifesting as an extra thin column 7 from the elbow to the shin. The die progressed through documented stages. Stage A designates both reverse and obverse as EDS. Stage B is EMDS, marked by die cracks from the tops of columns 2, 3, 4, and 5 and a die crack on the forehead. Stages C and D are both LDS (unconfirmed). The VarietyVista UVC and DMR codes provide systematic cross-referencing for this die. Lincoln Memorial cents of 2003 are struck in copper-plated zinc. The Memorial reverse, designed by Frank Gasparro in 1959, features the colonnade of Lincoln Memorial columns where hub spread on column 7 — measured from the elbow to the shin — is a documented marker class for Memorial cent DDR varieties. The Stage B die cracks from column tops confirm this specific die against other column-7 spreads, and the forehead crack provides a secondary confirmation point. Stage B specimens are the most definitively attributable.

Die Markers

• UVC-3230
• DMR-027
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• Die crack from top of columns # 2, 3, 4, and 5 – EMDS
• Die crack on forehead – EMDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage D:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by James Wiles
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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