2008 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-006

Description

Continuing the remarkable sequence of doubled die reverses identified on the 2008 Philadelphia Mint New Mexico State Quarter, WDDR-006 is the sixth cataloged DDR — with WDDR-005 absent from this batch, indicating the sequential numbering reflects the Wexler Team's broader attribution records. A doubled die reverse occurs during die manufacture when the hub, which carries the master design in relief, impresses the working die at a slightly different position or angle during a secondary sinking, embedding overlapping design elements into the die steel. The New Mexico quarter's reverse design, featuring the circular Zia sun symbol with groups of four rays extending in each cardinal direction above a state outline, provides geometrically precise elements where even minor doubling creates measurable deviations from the expected pattern. Cross-referenced as Wexler Variety ID 2008-P 25¢ NM WDDR-006, this variety emerged from the final year of State Quarter production when Philadelphia Mint presses were producing hundreds of millions of quarters bearing each state's commemorative reverse design.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Jean L. Neff Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2008-P 25¢ NM WDDR-006
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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