2015 (P) Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Quarter - Doubled Die Reverse DDR-011

Description

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware features a great blue heron standing amid marsh grasses on its America the Beautiful quarter reverse, and this doubled die reverse for the 2015-P issue shows strong spread to the southeast, manifesting as extra blades of grass in the upper grass strip. Cataloged under VarietyVista identifiers UVC-2233 and DMR-005, the strong classification indicates doubling visible without difficulty under moderate magnification. The grass elements on the Bombay Hook design provide fine linear features that are particularly responsive to hubbing displacement — each blade of grass shifts as a discrete element, making doubled grass areas look convincingly like additional vegetation rather than a manufacturing anomaly. Bombay Hook NWR covers nearly 16,000 acres, much of it tidal salt marsh, along the Delaware Bay, and Joel Iskowitz's quarter design captures the refuge's role as a critical habitat along the Atlantic Flyway. The America the Beautiful series (2010-2021) featured five new reverse designs annually through 2020 (one in 2021), and the constant rotation of designs meant each new die carried independent potential for hubbing misalignment during its manufacture.

Die Markers

• UVC-2233
• DMR-005
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Reverse and Obverse are MDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

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