2008 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-010

Description

Breaking into double digits in the Wexler catalog, this 2008 Philadelphia Mint New Mexico State Quarter WDDR-010 represents the tenth documented doubled die reverse for the issue — an accumulation that places New Mexico among the most variety-rich entries in the entire State Quarter series. The concentration of DDR varieties on a single date and mint suggests systemic factors in the Philadelphia Mint's die production during 2008 that led to recurring hub alignment issues across multiple working dies. Doubled die reverses are permanent features of the dies that produce them, meaning every coin struck from a given DDR die carries the same doubling, creating a population of identically affected coins dispersed into circulation or mint bags. The Zia sun symbol, drawn from centuries of Pueblo cultural tradition and adopted as New Mexico's official emblem in 1925, anchors a reverse design where precision geometry makes die anomalies particularly detectable. Cross-referenced as Wexler Variety ID 2008-P 25¢ NM WDDR-010, this variety marks the point where the New Mexico DDR census entered double-digit territory.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Whaden Curtis Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2008-P 25¢ NM WDDR-010
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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