2015 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-030

Description

Where DDR-012 shows eastward displacement in window L2, this DDR-030 on the 2015 Homestead National Park Quarter presents light southward spread within window R2 — the middle window of the right column on the Palmer-Epard Cabin. The directional difference confirms the two originated from separate working dies, each receiving a distinct misalignment during hubbing. VarietyVista assigned UVC-2129 and die marker reference DMR-031, with Stage A documenting both reverse and obverse at early die state, while Stage B at mid-die state and Stage C at late die state remain unconfirmed. The light intensity requires careful magnification, as the cabin windows' small scale means even moderate displacement spans fractions of a millimeter. The America the Beautiful Quarter series, running from 2010 through 2021, honored national parks across all fifty states and territories, and the 2015 Homestead design's architectural subject — with its regular window grid — proved unusually productive for generating identifiable doubled die varieties. Collectors searching for DDR-030 should focus on the right-column middle window and look for southward ghosting of the frame lines.

Die Markers

• UVC-2129
• DMR-031
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by William Wood
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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