2015-D Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-002

Description

Cataloged by the Wexler Team as 2015-D 25-cent NC WDDR-002, this doubled die reverse was struck at the Denver Mint on the Blue Ridge Parkway National Park Quarter — the North Carolina entry in the 2015 America the Beautiful program slate. The Blue Ridge Parkway reverse design by Frank Morris depicts a great blue heron and a cardinal near a parkway bridge with the Blue Ridge Mountains in the background, creating a naturalistic scene whose organic lines and fine feather detail on the heron offer multiple zones where hub-doubling evidence can manifest. Unlike geometric architectural designs where doubling appears as clearly offset straight lines, nature-themed reverses like this one may display doubling as thickened organic contours or shadow-line effects on curved features like bird feathers, tree branches, or mountain ridgelines that require trained examination to distinguish from design intent or strike variation. The WDDR-002 designation as the second cataloged doubled die reverse for this specific date, mint, and design combination indicates that at least two Denver Mint working dies for the Blue Ridge Parkway reverse received hub impressions with detectable misalignment — each representing an independent die-sinking event where the working hub and working die were not perfectly aligned during one or more hubbing passes. Struck in standard copper-nickel clad at 5.67 grams, the 2015-D Blue Ridge Parkway Quarter was one of the lower-mintage entries in the mid-program ATB production cycle. Denver Mint ATB varieties are generally less intensively searched than Philadelphia issues among East Coast variety hunters, creating potential discovery opportunities for collectors with access to Denver-sourced bank rolls from Federal Reserve distribution channels serving the western United States.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 2015-D 25¢ NC WDDR-002
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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