2015 (P) Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Quarter - Doubled Die Reverse DDR-012

Description

This doubled die reverse for the 2015 America the Beautiful quarter has strong eastward spread producing extra blades of grass on the upper grass strip. Attributed by VarietyVista with die markers UVC-2269 and DMR-013, this variety progresses through documented die stages: Stage A is Early Die State (unconfirmed), Stage B shows both reverse and obverse at Mid Die State, and Stage C reaches Late Die State (unconfirmed). The grass strip detail on the reverse provided a design element where the eastward hubbing offset created clearly visible extra blades — organic elements like grass, leaves, and branches tend to show doubling more dramatically than geometric lettering because their irregular shapes make secondary images immediately apparent. The 2015 ATB quarter program included five designs honoring Homestead (Nebraska), Kisatchie (Louisiana), Blue Ridge (North Carolina), Bombay Hook (Delaware), and Saratoga (New York), and this DDR belongs to one of those commemorative reverses. The America the Beautiful quarter series (2010-2021) generated an enormous number of die varieties because each year's unique reverse designs (five a year through 2020, one in 2021) required new hub and die preparation, multiplying the opportunities for hubbing misalignment during the annual die manufacturing cycle.

Die Markers

• UVC-2269
• DMR-013
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Reverse and Obverse are MDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

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