2015-D Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-001

Description

Bearing the WDDR-001 designation as the first cataloged doubled die reverse for this issue, the 2015-D Blue Ridge Parkway quarter carries a Denver Mint doubled die variety on the America the Beautiful design celebrating North Carolina's scenic mountain highway. The Blue Ridge Parkway stretches 469 miles along the crest of the southern Appalachian Mountains, connecting Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee. Die hubbing misalignment produced the visible doubling on reverse design elements that defines this variety, cataloged under Wexler designation 2015-D 25¢ NC WDDR-001. As the first doubled die reverse attributed for the Denver Mint's Blue Ridge Parkway production, WDDR-001 holds a place of particular interest among ATB quarter variety collectors. The America the Beautiful series issued five quarter designs annually from 2010 through 2021, and each single-year design creates a finite population of die varieties that collectors actively pursue.

Attribution History

• Discovered by George W. Powell, Jr. Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2015-D 25¢ NC WDDR-001
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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