2009 (P) District of Columbia Quarter - P(DC)-25DER-001T Trail Die Reverse

Description

TrailDies files this District of Columbia quarter reverse as 2009P(DC)-25DER-001T. Broken apart, the code is 2009P (year, Philadelphia), (DC) for the District of Columbia design, 25 for a quarter dollar, DER, TrailDies' shorthand for a reverse design extension, then the file, 001, and a T that marks trails. The entry gives only the offset direction, 190°, which points just west of due south, toward the bottom of the coin; it does not say which design elements carry the lines. Both sides of the coin it describes are at stage B, mid-way through the die's life: the obverse has a crack along the lower part of the ED in UNITED, and the reverse a small gouge beside the piano keyboard, just above the designer's initials. Trails are generally put down to polishing the die face with a rotary buff, though a minority view credits movement of the die against the hub.

Die Markers

• Stage "B", obverse is MDS – a die crack is seen on the lower part of ED of UNITED.
• Reverse is MDS – a small die gouge is seen next to the piano key board, just above the designer's initials.

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