2003 DD Lincoln cents

[coinnut4]

I read an article in Coin World a few days ago concerning a DD reverse for the 2003 Lincoln cent....I figured this was the place to find out!! According to the article , the doubling was found at the bases of the columns on the Lincoln Memorial on the reverse with some showings of "trails" on the designers initials....what are the trails??????

[coppercoins]

Report has it that the die suffered from class 4 offset hub doubling, and the doubling shows toward the south. The "trails" as I am imagining things would have to be remnants of the designers initials to the south of the pronounced, or primary designers initials. That's about the best explanation I can come up with.

I have one of the 1994 cents that suffers from this same type of doubling, and I understand there are other years that have the same thing. This entire group may end up receiving their own class of doubling once someone can come up with a good explanation of what causes it.