2016 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-001

Description

Paired with another 2016 Presidential dollar entry sharing the WDDR-001 designation, this variety records the same diagnostic doubling — hub displacement at the intersection of the second crown ray and the Statue of Liberty's right arm — on Don Everhart's reverse design. The Wexler Variety ID 2016-P $1 RR WDDR-001 again identifies the Ronald Reagan Presidential dollar, and the duplicate database presence reflects the catalog structure where the same physical die variety may appear under separate listing entries. Ronald Reagan's numismatic legacy extends beyond the Presidential dollar program: the Reagan Legacy Project successfully advocated for placing Reagan's portrait on commemorative issues, and the 2016 Presidential dollar represented the denomination's formal tribute to the 40th President's two terms (1981-1989) during which the nation underwent significant economic and geopolitical transformation. The Statue of Liberty reverse design, shared across all 393 Presidential dollar issues regardless of the obverse portrait, creates a unified framework for reverse doubled die cataloging — every WDDR documented in the series targets the same geometric elements, with the ray-arm intersection serving as the consistent diagnostic focus. No significant die markers were recorded on either surface, meaning attribution depends entirely on detecting the hub doubling at the specified intersection. The 2016 production, limited to collector quantities, generated far fewer working dies than the program's early circulation-era years, making documented doubled dies from late-series issues statistically less common in absolute terms. Collectors should examine the second ray clockwise from Liberty's crown where it crosses her right arm under 15-20x magnification, looking for evidence that a secondary hub impression displaced the intersection point from its expected geometric position.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Scott Deuel Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2016-P $1 RR WDDR-001
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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