2009-D Doubled Die Reverse DDR-003

Description

Cataloged by VarietyVista as DDR-003 with the Universal Variety Code UVC-2774 and Die Marker Record DMR-005, this doubled die reverse variety appears on a 2009-D Lincoln Bicentennial cent struck at the Denver Mint. The 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial cents celebrated the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth with four unique reverse designs representing stages of his life, and this variety appears on the Log Cabin (Birth and Early Childhood in Kentucky) reverse designed by Richard Masters and sculpted by Jim Licaretz. The coin is composed of copper-plated zinc, weighing 2.5 grams with a 19 mm diameter. The primary doubling diagnostic presents as a medium spread to the west, visible as an extra log end on log number 10 counted from the bottom of the cabin structure. Multiple die stages have been documented: Stage A is early die state (unconfirmed), Stage B shows the reverse in early-to-mid die state with a die crack on Lincoln's forehead on the obverse, Stage C is mid die state (unconfirmed), and Stage D is late die state (unconfirmed). This die stage progression demonstrates how the die's condition evolved during its production life, with the forehead die crack at Stage B serving as a key diagnostic for determining which die state a given specimen represents. The 2009 Bicentennial cent program's four distinct reverses created unusual production circumstances at both the Philadelphia and Denver Mints, as tooling and die pairs had to be rotated among multiple designs throughout the year. This increased the complexity of die management and contributed to the number of varieties discovered on the 2009 issues.

Die Markers

• UVC-2774
• DMR-005
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Reverse is EMDS
• Die crack on forehead – EMDS
• Stage C:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage D:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Marilyn Keeney
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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