1970 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-003

Description

Distinctive for its pointed-leaf-over-rounded-leaf diagnostic near the arrow tips, the third doubled die reverse for the 1970 Washington Clad Quarter shows light spread on QUARTER DOLLAR under VarietyVista codes UVC-1195 and DMR-006, lower branches, and leaves, with a distinctive pointed leaf over a rounded leaf to the left of the arrow tips — a diagnostic detail that vividly illustrates how hub doubling can transform botanical design elements into identifying markers. Three die stages are documented: Stage A at early die state (unconfirmed), Stage B where both reverse and obverse reach mid-die state, and Stage C at late die state (unconfirmed). An important secondary classification notes the reverse as RDV-006/RDV-007, identifying the reverse design variety — a sub-classification system that tracks subtle differences in the heraldic eagle reverse's design elements as they evolved through different master die generations over the Washington Quarter's long production run. The 1970 quarter represents the early years of the clad composition era that began in 1965 when rising silver prices forced the transition from 90% silver to the copper-nickel clad composition still used today. The pointed-over-rounded leaf diagnostic near the arrow tips provides an unusually specific and visually accessible attribution point — leaf morphology differences created by hub doubling produce overlapping botanical forms where the offset between primary and secondary impressions is clearly expressed through the contrasting leaf shapes. Light spread on QUARTER DOLLAR and the lower branches indicates the hub displacement was modest in magnitude but sufficient to affect design elements across a broad zone of the reverse die face. The RDV-006/RDV-007 classification adds a design lineage dimension, connecting this doubled die to a specific generation of the reverse master die and enabling researchers to track which master die versions were most susceptible to hub doubling events.

Die Markers

• UVC-1195
• DMR-006
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Reverse and Obverse are MDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Herbert Hicks
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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