2007 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-047

Description

Forty-seventh doubled die reverse for the 2007 Wyoming State Quarter, DDR-047 shows medium spread under the saddle horn, continuing the pattern of saddle-area doubling that dominates the Wyoming quarter variety catalog. The VarietyVista catalog assigns UVC-1839 and DMR-050, with Stage A showing both reverse and obverse in Early Die State, while Stages B and C remain unconfirmed. At forty-seven cataloged DDR varieties, the 2007 Wyoming quarter ranks among the most prolific state quarter issues for doubled die reverse documentation, approaching the fifty-variety milestone. The saddle horn area on Wyoming's bucking horse design has proven extraordinarily productive for doubled die identification because the fine detail of the saddle horn tip — a sharply defined triangular element projecting upward from the saddle — acts as a sensitive indicator of even minimal hub displacement. When the working hub impresses the working die with even fractional misalignment between successive impressions, the saddle horn tip shows detectable spread while broader design areas may appear unaffected. The DMR-050 die marker reference number exceeding the DDR-047 variety number reflects instances where die marker references were assigned to non-DDR variety types in the same numbering sequence. Wyoming's selection of the bucking horse motif — appearing on state license plates since 1936 and formally adopted as the state symbol — inadvertently created an ideal subject for doubled die variety documentation, with the saddle's geometry functioning as a natural doubling detector.

Die Markers

• UVC-1839
• DMR-050
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Al Lawrence
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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