2013 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-016

Description

Philadelphia Mint production volumes for the 2013 Mount Rushmore National Park Quarter reached into the hundreds of millions, a scale of manufacturing that required scores of individual working dies and provided abundant raw material for die variety researchers. This WDDR-016 is the sixteenth cataloged doubled die reverse for the Philadelphia issue, a count that places this date among the most variety-rich quarters in the modern clad coinage era. The copper-nickel clad composition used for circulation-strike quarters since 1965 consists of a pure copper core bonded between outer layers of 75% copper and 25% nickel. Mount Rushmore's presence on the quarter reverse recognized South Dakota's most famous landmark, the massive granite sculpture conceived by historian Doane Robinson and executed by sculptor Gutzon Borglum with assistance from his son Lincoln Borglum, who oversaw final work after his father's death in March 1941. Cross-referenced as Wexler Variety ID: 2013-P 25c SD WDDR-016. Doubled die reverse varieties on quarters can manifest on any reverse element, and the Mount Rushmore design's wealth of fine detail makes it particularly rewarding to examine under magnification.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Jonathan Trombley Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2013-P 25¢ SD WDDR-016
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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