2005 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-009

Description

The CONECA attribution system catalogs this variety as DDR-017, while the Combined Doubled Die Reverse listing records it as CDDR-025—a numbering gap between the CDDR and CONECA sequences that reflects the independent discovery and verification processes used by each organization. Attributed by Kenneth Russell on the 2005 Satin Finish Ocean in View Jefferson Nickel, WDDR-009 emerged from the same Westward Journey Nickel Series that produced an unusually dense cluster of doubled die varieties. The four-design Westward Journey program (2004-2005) featured two unique reverses per year, and the 2005 Ocean in View motif by Joe Fitzgerald—with its detailed rendering of the Pacific shoreline—proved particularly fertile ground for detectable hub doubling. Satin Finish coins from the 2005 Mint Sets offer a surface quality between proof mirror fields and the luster of business strikes, creating examination conditions that can reveal doubling characteristics not always visible on standard-finish coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Kenneth Russell
• CDDR-025/CONECA DDR-017; Wexler Variety ID: 2005 P WDDR-009 Satin Finish Ocean in View
• Expert attribution by Kenneth Russell

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