1999 Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-003

Description

Bearing the third doubled die obverse designation for the 1999 Georgia State Quarter from the Philadelphia Mint, WDDO-003 was cataloged by the Wexler Team as 1999-P 25 cents GA WDDO-003. No cross-references to CONECA, Cherrypickers, or other attribution services have been recorded. Georgia, the fourth state admitted to the Union in 1788, was represented in the State Quarter program with a reverse design featuring a peach, the state outline, live oak sprigs, and the motto "Wisdom, Justice, Moderation" beneath a banner. The obverse, carrying John Flanagan's Washington portrait, is where the doubled die manifests — hub misalignment during die manufacture displacing design elements to produce a secondary impression partially overlapping the primary. As the 1999 issues were the inaugural year of the fifty-state quarter program, they attracted heightened collector scrutiny and roll-searching intensity, which contributed to the relatively rapid discovery and cataloging of multiple doubled die varieties for each state's release. The absence of specific die markers means attribution depends on matching the doubling pattern — its direction, magnitude, and affected design elements — against reference photographs in the Wexler files. Georgia quarters struck at Philadelphia in 1999 used the standard copper-nickel clad composition at 5.67 grams, and the program's early popularity ensured substantial quantities were set aside uncirculated by collectors.

Attribution History

• Discovered by George W. Powell Jr. Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 1999-P 25¢ GA WDDO-003
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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