2015 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-002

Description

Cataloged by the Wexler Team as 2015-P 25-cent NY WDDR-002, this America the Beautiful Quarter variety was struck on the 2015 Philadelphia Mint Saratoga National Historical Park issue — the New York entry in the ATB program's sixth year, honoring the site of the pivotal 1777 Revolutionary War battle that secured French alliance for the American cause. Hub-doubling evidence on the reverse die manifests within the detailed scenic design depicting the surrender monument at Saratoga, where the fine architectural lines and textual elements of the monument provide natural detection zones for secondary impressions left by a misaligned hubbing pass. The WDDR-002 designation indicates this is the second cataloged doubled die reverse for the 2015-P Saratoga issue, suggesting the design's complexity — with its monument, landscape, and inscriptions — created multiple opportunities for hub-doubling anomalies to manifest across different working dies sunk from the same or related working hubs. No additional cross-references beyond the Wexler listing are currently known, placing primary attribution authority with the Wexler Team's documentation. Struck in the standard copper-nickel clad composition at 5.67 grams across a 24.26mm diameter, the 2015-P Saratoga Quarter was produced alongside four other ATB designs that year: Homestead (Nebraska), Kisatchie (Louisiana), Blue Ridge Parkway (North Carolina), and Bombay Hook (Delaware). The ATB program's 2010-2021 run produced an enormous number of doubled die varieties owing to the annual rotation of five new reverse designs, each requiring fresh master dies and working hubs that introduced new opportunities for alignment errors during the die-sinking process.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Alfonso Lopez Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2015-P 25¢ NY WDDR-002
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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