2005-S Doubled Die Reverse DDR-006

Description

Featuring medium extra thickness on three key reverse inscriptions — OREGON, 1859, and CRATER LAKE — this VarietyVista-cataloged 2005-S Proof Oregon State Quarter DDR-006 documents hub displacement across both the state name and the design's two most prominent text elements. The Oregon State Quarter reverse depicts Crater Lake with Wizard Island, the volcanic caldera in the Cascade Range, and the year 1859 marks Oregon's admission to the Union as the 33rd state. The medium extra thickness on OREGON broadens the state name's letterforms, while the same displacement affects 1859 and CRATER LAKE, providing three geographically dispersed diagnostic checkpoints across the reverse. Die markers UVC-1980 and DMR-008 identify the working die, and this is a clad proof struck at the San Francisco Mint. Three die stages are documented: Stage A with reverse and obverse in early die state, Stage B tentatively in mid-die state (unconfirmed), and Stage C tentatively in late die state (unconfirmed). John Flanagan's George Washington obverse appears on this copper-nickel clad proof. Examine OREGON, 1859, and CRATER LAKE under magnification for the medium-intensity broadening across all three inscription areas.

Die Markers

• UVC-1980
• DMR-008
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Dale Stokes
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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