2015 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-037

Description

Assigned the thirty-seventh doubled die reverse position for the 2015 Bombay Hook issue, WDDR-037 represents yet another unique working die from the Philadelphia Mint's production run of this America the Beautiful quarter. The Wexler Team's catalog reference is 2015-P 25 cents DE WDDR-037, with no known cross-references in CONECA or Cherrypickers databases. Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge quarters feature a reverse design by Phebe Hemphill depicting a great blue heron in a tidal marsh landscape — a composition with abundant fine feather detail and organic contour lines that make even slight hub misalignment detectable under magnification. Each WDDR number within the Bombay Hook family identifies an independent working die that received its own distinct misalignment during the hubbing process, meaning the direction, magnitude, and affected design areas differ from one number to the next. Without documented die markers on either face, attribution to WDDR-037 specifically — as opposed to its dozens of siblings — requires careful comparison with reference images published in the Wexler files. The sheer volume of doubled die varieties cataloged for this single quarter issue underscores how prolific die variety production became when the Mint employed hundreds of die pairs to meet the series' circulation demand across five annual reverse designs.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Michael Beach Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2015-P 25¢ DE WDDR-037
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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