2008 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-002

Description

Second doubled die reverse attributed to the 2008 Philadelphia Mint Arizona State Quarter, WDDR-002 belongs to the final year of the landmark 50 State Quarters program that ran from 1999 through 2008. Arizona's reverse design features the Grand Canyon with a saguaro cactus in the foreground, and the detailed landscape elements provide multiple areas where hub doubling can manifest during die manufacture. The State Quarters program generated extraordinary public interest in coin collecting during its ten-year run, and the variety collector community has systematically examined each date and design for die anomalies. Two DDRs cataloged for the Arizona quarter confirm that hub misalignment events occurred during the production of dies bearing this particular reverse design. The doubling on WDDR-002 represents a unique misalignment event distinct from the first-cataloged WDDR-001, differing in spread direction, magnitude, or affected design elements. Attributed by the Wexler Team under Wexler Variety ID: 2008-P 25¢ AZ WDDR-002, this variety closes out the State Quarters DDR catalog for the program's final issue year and stands as evidence that hub doubling can occur on any denomination regardless of the production era.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 2008-P 25¢ AZ WDDR-002
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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