2004 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-011

Description

Eleventh doubled die reverse cataloged on the 2004 Philadelphia Wisconsin State Quarter, WDDR-011 belongs to the extensive variety family generated by one of the State Quarters program's most scrutinized issues. Alfred Maletsky's Wisconsin design featuring a cow, cheese wheel, and corn ear attracted intense die variety investigation after the famous Extra Leaf discoveries made national headlines, and the resulting examination uncovered a dozen or more additional doubled die reverses beyond the celebrated leaf variants. Cross-referenced under Wexler Variety ID 2004-P 25-cent WI WDDR-011 with no other known attributions, this variety was cataloged by the Wexler Team. Philadelphia's production of 226,400,000 Wisconsin quarters consumed numerous die pairs, each representing an independent event during the hubbing process where hub-to-die alignment could deviate from the ideal. The organic curves of the cow's body, the corn ear's husk lines, and the cheese wheel's circular form on the Wisconsin reverse create diagnostic surfaces that differ fundamentally from the architectural straight lines of the Lincoln Memorial or Monticello — doubled die detection on naturalistic designs requires comparison of curved contours rather than measurement of linear displacement. The high sequential WDDR number confirms that systematic die study of the 2004-P Wisconsin quarter has been exceptionally thorough, driven by the collector enthusiasm generated by the Extra Leaf phenomenon.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Wayne Perry Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2004-P 25¢ WI WDDR-011
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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