2024 VDDO VDDO-002

Description

A strong spread on the lower earlobe distinguishes this 2024 Lincoln Shield Cent doubled die obverse, cataloged by VarietyVista as VDDO-002. The doubling manifests as a clearly visible secondary impression below Lincoln's earlobe, producing a diagnostic feature detectable under moderate magnification. VarietyVista's die stage documentation records the variety across multiple stages, though the Universal Variety Catalog and Die Marker Reference cross-reference codes remain pending assignment, indicating the variety awaits formal inclusion in those supplementary systems. The 2024 Philadelphia issue represents recent production on the copper-plated zinc composition standard since 1982, and the appearance of a doubled die on such a modern issue demonstrates that hubbing anomalies continue despite advances in die manufacturing. Attribution requires matching the earlobe spread to the published die markers for VDDO-002 while accounting for die state progression across confirmed stages. The pending cross-reference codes suggest this variety was recently discovered and is still working through the multi-catalog attribution pipeline that characterizes modern die variety documentation.

Die Markers

• UVC-????
• DMR-00?
• Stage
• A:
• Obverse and Reverse are
• EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Jason Brandenburg
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

External References