2007 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-014

Description

Fourteenth doubled die reverse cataloged for the 2007 Wyoming State Quarter, DDR-014 displays light spread at the tip of the saddle horn on the bucking horse and rider that served as Wyoming's reverse design in the 50 State Quarters program. Wyoming, admitted to the Union in 1890 as the 44th state, chose the iconic bucking horse motif — long a symbol of the state's Western heritage — for its quarter reverse, and the saddle horn's fine detail proved susceptible to hub doubling during die manufacture. The VarietyVista catalog assigns UVC-1714 and DMR-016 to this variety, with Stage A documenting both reverse and obverse in Early Die State. Stages B and C (Mid and Late Die State) remain unconfirmed, indicating that specimens showing progressive die wear beyond the early state have not been submitted for analysis. The "light spread" characterization places this among the subtler Wyoming DDR varieties, requiring careful examination with magnification to confirm the positional displacement at the saddle horn tip. The Wyoming quarter was issued in 2007, the ninth year of the State Quarters program, by which time collector interest in the series had generated a robust community of variety hunters systematically examining new issues for doubled dies, repunched mintmarks, and other die anomalies. Fourteen cataloged doubled die reverses for a single design reflects this intensive examination, with each variety representing a distinct working die that received a flawed hub impression during the die-making process.

Die Markers

• UVC-1714
• DMR-016
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Kenneth Russell
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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