2007 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-043

Description

Strong spread accompanied by light hubbing beneath the saddle horn characterizes DDR-043 on the 2007 State Quarter series, with VarietyVista cataloging it under UVC-1792 and DMR-046. Three die stages have been documented: Stage A with reverse and obverse in early die state (EDS), Stage B where the reverse reaches early mid-die-state (EMDS) and a die crack develops from the front of the bust, and Stage C at late die state (unconfirmed). The die crack at Stage B — running from the front of Washington's bust on the obverse — provides a particularly useful die-state indicator, since its presence or absence on a given specimen helps determine where that coin falls in the die's production timeline. The saddle horn reference places this variety on one of the five 2007 state reverse designs that feature Western or equestrian imagery, and the combination of strong spread with light hubbing suggests the secondary hub impression was both displaced and applied with reduced pressure, producing a spread that exceeds the primary impression boundary in some areas while leaving ghost-like under-hubbed traces in others. At die stage 043, this variety sits deep in the DDR catalog for its specific date and state, reflecting the extensive die variety documentation effort that VarietyVista sustained across the State Quarter program's final years.

Die Markers

• UVC-1792
• DMR-046
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• Reverse is EMDS
• Die crack from front of bust – EMDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Al Lawrence
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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