2015 (P) Saratoga National Historical Park Quarter - Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-008

Description

WDDR-008 (cross-referenced as 2015-P 25-cent NY WDDR-008) is in the Wexler Team's DDR sequence for the 2015-P Saratoga National Historical Park Quarter. Saratoga's reverse, depicting a close-up of British General John Burgoyne's hand surrendering his sword to American General Horatio Gates after the 1777 battle, features detailed elements — the two hands, the sword hilt, and inscriptions — that provide numerous design zones where hub-doubling evidence can appear. The ATB program had a demanding die production schedule, where the Philadelphia Mint needed to prepare a large stock of reverse working dies for each of the year's five designs, creating proportionally more opportunities for hub misalignment to occur during the multi-step die-sinking process. No additional cross-references beyond the Wexler listing have been established, which is typical for ATB varieties where the volume of discoveries has exceeded the capacity of secondary attribution services to independently catalog every entry. Struck in copper-nickel clad at 5.67 grams across a 24.26mm diameter, the 2015-P Saratoga Quarter was distributed through standard Federal Reserve channels as well as through numismatic products including uncirculated mint sets and quarter bags/rolls sold directly by the U.S. Mint. Collectors who received quantities of 2015-P quarters from Fed-wrapped rolls had direct access to the production output from which varieties like this WDDR-008 could be cherry-picked.

Cross References

• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2015-P 25¢ NY WDDR-008

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