2016 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-033

Description

Surpassing thirty documented entries, the Harpers Ferry DDR catalog reaches WDDR-033 — Wexler Variety ID 2016-P 25¢ WV WDDR-033 — an extraordinary tally for any modern quarter dollar. The ATB program's design selection process chose the Maryland Heights overlook for its dramatic encapsulation of the site's landscape. This same compositional complexity that makes the design visually compelling also multiplies diagnostic opportunities, as the rendering of individual trees, stone walls, window details, and terrain contours creates a dense matrix of fine-line elements sensitive to hub misalignment. Harpers Ferry's history as the site of the largest federal armory in the antebellum South adds industrial heritage to the site's associations with abolitionism and Civil War combat. The extensive DDR catalog means variety specialists can pursue a lengthy registry set of Harpers Ferry doubled die reverses, each confirmed through independent Wexler documentation with die photographs and spread analysis.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Aaron Laramee Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2016-P 25¢ WV WDDR-033
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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