2024 VDDR VDDR-001

Description

Appearing as an extra chin on the portrait of Zitkala-Ša, this doubled die reverse on the 2024 Philadelphia Mint quarter presents a medium spread creating a visually striking secondary impression beneath the subject's chin. VarietyVista cataloged the variety as VDDR-001, the first documented doubled die reverse for this issue in the American Women Quarters series honoring Zitkala-Ša (1876-1938), the Yankton Dakota Sioux writer, musician, and political activist. The Universal Variety Catalog and Die Marker Reference cross-reference codes remain pending assignment, placing this variety in the early stages of multi-catalog documentation. Doubled die reverses on modern commemorative quarters attract collector interest because each design is struck for only a single year, limiting the window for die varieties to occur and be discovered. The extra chin diagnostic is particularly accessible to cherrypickers, since the human eye naturally detects anomalies in facial features more readily than in lettering or geometric elements. Attribution requires matching the chin doubling to published die markers while noting die state progression across documented stages.

Die Markers

• UVC-????
• DMR-00?
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Keri Turner
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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