2009 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-008

Description

Cataloged by VarietyVista with attribution codes UVC-2329 and DMR-011, this 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial Cent exhibits light northward spread on the right leg and index finger where they meet the book — a localized doubling feature appearing at the point where young Lincoln\'s anatomy intersects with the book he holds while seated on a log in the "Formative Years" reverse design by Charles Vickers. This specific reverse, one of four unique designs issued during Lincoln\'s bicentennial year, depicts Lincoln as a young rail-splitter reading while taking a break, and the doubling\'s location at the leg-book junction places it at a compositionally significant point where two design elements converge. Four documented die stages show unusually detailed progression: Stage A in early die state (unconfirmed), Stage B in early-to-mid die state showing a light die crack across the lower left boot and a light die crack on the forehead of the figure, Stage C at mid-die state (unconfirmed), and Stage D at late die state (unconfirmed). The four-stage documentation provides finer granularity than the typical three-stage record. The 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial Cent was struck in copper-plated zinc (97.5% zinc, 2.5% copper), weighing 2.50 grams with a diameter of 19.05 mm. The four 2009 reverse designs — Birth and Early Childhood, Formative Years, Professional Life, and Presidency — each created unique design landscapes for variety manifestation, and this "Formative Years" doubled die documents hub displacement on a reverse design that was used for only a single year, making these varieties historically bounded to 2009 production.

Die Markers

• UVC-2329
• DMR-011
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Light die crack across lower Left boot – EMDS
• Light die crack on forehead – EMDS
• Stage C:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage D:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Jeffery Wilkerson
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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