2019 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-004

Description

Class VIII tilted hub doubling on the door frame and columns of Monticello characterizes WDDR-004 on the 2019 Philadelphia Mint Jefferson Nickel, cataloged by the Wexler Team. Tilted hub doubling occurs when the hub contacts the working die at a slight angular tilt rather than perfectly parallel, producing displacement that varies across the die face based on distance from the tilt axis. The affected architectural elements on the Monticello facade include the door frame and the flanking columns, where the tilted impression creates secondary contours offset from the primary design. Felix Schlag's Monticello reverse, depicting Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate, returned to the nickel in 2006 after the 2004-2005 Westward Journey program and provides the columned architectural framework where tilted hub displacement generates recognizable secondary impressions on geometric building elements. The door frame and column diagnostics concentrate the examination zone in the central section of the building facade, and the Class VIII tilted mechanism means the spread intensity varies with position relative to the tilt fulcrum. The 2019 Philadelphia nickel belongs to the modern copper-nickel composition era of Jefferson Nickel production.

Die Markers

• Obverse: Small die dot between numerals 1 and 9 of date.
• Reverse: Die dot between lower portions of P and L of PLURIBUS; die gouge across upper portions of O and F of OF; two die dots above E of CENTS.

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