2019-D Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-001

Description

The Wexler Team documented this 2019-D Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness quarter as WDDR-001, the primary doubled die reverse cataloged for this specific America the Beautiful issue. As the WDDR-001 designation, it holds the distinction of being the first documented doubled die reverse for the Idaho quarter design, which depicts a scene from the River of No Return Wilderness area, the largest contiguous wilderness area in the contiguous United States. Struck at the Denver Mint, this copper-nickel clad quarter weighs 5.67 grams and measures 24.26 mm in diameter with a reeded edge. No specific doubling area details, obverse die markers, or reverse die markers are provided beyond the general classification, suggesting the doubling may be subtle and require careful magnified examination for detection. Cross-referenced with the Wexler Variety ID 2019-D 25c ID WDDR-001, no other catalog cross-references are known. The America the Beautiful Quarters 2010-2021 program was the successor to the wildly popular State Quarters program, featuring national parks and sites from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories over a twelve-year span. The Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in central Idaho was named for the senator who championed its protection, and the quarter's reverse design captures the dramatic landscape of the Salmon River canyon surrounded by rugged mountain terrain. Denver Mint production of ATB quarters provided ample die pairs from which variety researchers could potentially discover doubled die specimens, and this WDDR-001 represents the confirmed primary variety for this issue.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Robert Rhoads Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2019-D 25¢ ID WDDR-001
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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