2009 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-017

Description

Cataloged by the Wexler Team as 2009-P 25c SF DC WDDR-017, this doubled die reverse on the 2009-P District of Columbia Quarter belongs to the DC and US Territories Quarter program — the successor to the wildly popular 50 State Quarters that had concluded with Hawaii in 2008. The "SF" designation within the Wexler catalog likely refers to a specific die family or striking format classification, while "DC" confirms the District of Columbia design featuring Duke Ellington seated at a piano with the inscription "Justice for All." Don Everhart sculpted this reverse honoring D.C.'s most famous native son, and the musical and figurative design elements — Ellington's portrait, the piano, musical notes, and the Capitol dome in the background — provide varied textures against which hub doubling can register with different degrees of visibility. No additional cross-references or significant die markers have been recorded beyond the Wexler designation. The 2009 DC Quarter was struck in copper-nickel clad at Philadelphia, and the Territories program (covering DC, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands) generated six designs rather than the customary five of the State Quarter years, slightly compressing the production window for each design and potentially increasing per-die stress levels. WDDR-017's position as the seventeenth documented DDR for the DC design reflects ongoing variety discovery across what was a substantial Philadelphia mintage, where collectors and attributors continue identifying new hub doubling events years after the coins entered circulation.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Steven Bernatowicz Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2009-P 25¢ SF DC WDDR-017
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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