2009 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-017

Description

On the Formative Years reverse of the 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial cent — depicting the young Abraham Lincoln seated on a log reading a book — DDR-017 shows medium hub doubling that produces an extra book spine where the inside spine meets Lincoln's index finger, accompanied by light hubbing artifacts. VarietyVista catalogs this as UVC-2645 with die marriage reference DMR-020. The Formative Years design, sculpted by Charles Vickers, was one of four special reverses issued in 2009 to commemorate Lincoln's bicentennial, and its detailed figural composition — including the log, book, foliage, and Lincoln's clothing folds — provided abundant surface detail for hub doubling to manifest. Three die stages have been identified: Stage A with both sides in early die state, Stage B and Stage C both unconfirmed at mid-die-state and late die state respectively. The extra book spine is a particularly appealing diagnostic because it creates a clearly visible extra element rather than merely thickened letters — collectors can see an actual additional structural line in the book's binding. The 2009 Bicentennial cents generated intense variety-hunting interest because the four unique reverse designs were each produced for only one year, creating a finite window for die variety documentation that motivated thorough examination of production output.

Die Markers

• UVC-2645
• DMR-020
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Jeremy Gardner
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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