2008 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-011

Description

Eleventh among the doubled die reverses cataloged for the 2008 Philadelphia Mint New Mexico State Quarter, WDDR-011 caps the highest-numbered entries in this batch and underscores the depth of variety research applied to the final year of the original State Quarter program. New Mexico was the 47th state admitted to the Union in 1912, and its quarter's release in 2008 came near the close of a program that transformed American coin collecting by engaging millions of new hobbyists. With eleven or more DDR varieties cataloged, the New Mexico quarter demonstrates that even modern, machine-produced coinage generates measurable die varieties when production volumes reach into the hundreds of millions and die preparation involves physical hub-to-die impression processes susceptible to minute shifts. Each WDDR number identifies a unique die with distinct doubling characteristics, and collectors building comprehensive sets of New Mexico quarter varieties face the challenge of acquiring and differentiating each one. Cross-referenced as Wexler Variety ID 2008-P 25¢ NM WDDR-011, this variety represents the current upper boundary of the cataloged DDR sequence for this state.

Attribution History

• Discovered by George W. Powell, Jr. Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2008-P 25¢ NM WDDR-011
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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