2013 VDDR VDDR-005

Description

Clockwise rotational spreading creates an extra image to the left of the central doorway roof on Monticello's facade, visible on this 2013 Philadelphia Mint Jefferson Nickel doubled die reverse. VarietyVista catalogs this as VDDR-005 with die markers UVC-1819 and DMR-004, documenting Stage A with both reverse and obverse in Early Die State (EDS) and Stages B and C unconfirmed. The medium clockwise rotational spread — where the hub pivoted slightly during the second hubbing impression — produces doubling that increases in severity with distance from the rotational center, making elements near the rim more strongly affected than those near the die center. The 2013 date falls within a period when the U.S. Mint was producing Jefferson Nickels at both Philadelphia and Denver at rates exceeding 500 million pieces per facility annually. Such enormous production volumes require hundreds of die pairs per year, and the statistical probability of hub misalignment during the multiple hubbing impressions needed to create each working die ensures a steady supply of doubled die varieties. The Jefferson Nickel's Return to Monticello reverse, reintroduced in 2006, provides the architectural baseline against which rotational doubling on the central doorway roof becomes identifiable. VDDR-005 is the fifth documented doubled die reverse for the 2013 date, reflecting the systematic die-by-die documentation effort that VarietyVista maintains across the modern Jefferson Nickel series.

Die Markers

• UVC-1819
• DMR-004
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Robert Umbarger
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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