2015 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-004

Description

Cataloged by VarietyVista on the 2015 Philadelphia Mint Bombay Hook National Park Quarter, DDR-004 exhibits strong southwestward spread manifesting as extra blades of grass in the wildlife refuge design. The doubling creates additional grass detail that stands apart from the intended engraving, providing a bold visual diagnostic on this Delaware national wildlife refuge reverse. Die identifiers UVC-2233 and DMR-005 track three states: Stage A represents early die state, unconfirmed. Stage B shows the reverse at mid die state, with three die breaks developing around the obverse designer's initials, introducing secondary diagnostics. Stage C reaches late die state, also unconfirmed. The America the Beautiful quarter program's detailed reverses proved particularly susceptible to producing visually dramatic doubled dies where the spread manifests as additional landscape elements rather than mere letter displacement, and DDR-004 exemplifies this with its extra grass blades creating unmistakable doubling evidence.

Die Markers

• UVC-2233
• DMR-005
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Reverse is MDS
• Three die breaks around Obverse designer's initials – MDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Charles Fantasia
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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