2016 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-023

Description

On the reverse of the 2016-P Cumberland Gap National Park Quarter, WDDR-023 records a doubled die event within the Kentucky design that depicts Daniel Boone at a gap in the Appalachian Mountains. Cataloged by the Wexler Team as 2016-P 25c KY WDDR-023 with no other known cross-references, this is the twenty-third documented DDR for this particular date-mint-design combination — a count that reflects both the Philadelphia Mint's high production volume for the ATB program and the active community of variety specialists who systematically examine rolls and bags of freshly released quarters. Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, spanning Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, was the second design released in 2016 under the America the Beautiful Quarters program, and its reverse by Barbara Fox and Joseph Menna features Boone gazing westward through the natural passage in the mountains. Hub doubling on the reverse of ATB quarters frequently concentrates around the most finely detailed design elements — rock textures, tree branches, lettering serifs — because these narrow features amplify even small displacements into visible secondary contours. Struck on copper-nickel clad planchets at the standard 5.67 grams and 24.3 mm diameter, the 2016-P Cumberland Gap quarter circulated widely, and attributed DDR specimens can often be found through careful roll searching by collectors with sufficient magnification and lighting equipment.

Attribution History

• Discovered by James Cassin Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2016-P 25¢ KY WDDR-023
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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