2004 (P) Wisconsin State Quarter - Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-010

Description

WDDR-010, a doubled die reverse on the 2004 Philadelphia Wisconsin State Quarter, reflects the sustained variety-hunting effort focused on the Wisconsin design, whose 2004-D coins include the Extra Leaf varieties. Cross-referenced under Wexler Variety ID 2004-P 25-cent WI WDDR-010 with no other known attributions, the Wexler Team cataloged this variety as part of their systematic examination of 2004-P Wisconsin quarter die pairs. Alfred Maletsky's design depicting dairy farming imagery — a Holstein cow, a round of cheese, and an ear of corn — required intricate die engraving where the overlapping organic forms created multiple areas susceptible to showing hub doubling. Philadelphia produced 226,400,000 Wisconsin quarters, and the intense collector interest in this particular state's design ensured that far more examination hours were devoted to searching for varieties than most other State Quarter issues received. The cataloged WDDRs demonstrate that the Wisconsin quarter's die production involved multiple instances of hub misalignment, a normal statistical occurrence for any high-volume quarter issue but one that received far more documentation due to the Extra Leaf publicity. Collectors examining Wisconsin quarters should approach each of the cataloged WDDRs as requiring distinct diagnostic criteria, as hub displacement direction and magnitude vary independently across different die pairs.

Cross References

• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2004-P 25¢ WI WDDR-010

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