2015 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-019

Description

Extra blades of grass between the great egret and the great blue heron define WDDR-019 on the 2015-P Delaware Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge America the Beautiful Quarter, a nature-themed reverse where botanical doubling creates a subtle but distinctive diagnostic. The grass strip positioned between the two wading birds shows doubled blade impressions on its right side, with the hub displacement reproducing fine vegetation detail that requires careful examination to distinguish from normal design elements. Obverse die markers include a small die gouge near the rim above the N in UNITED, while the reverse carries both a die gouge north of the back of the heron's beak and die chips below the heron's eye — secondary attribution points that confirm the specific die. Cross-referenced as Wexler Variety ID 2015-P 25c DE WDDR-019, with no other known attribution system references, this variety was cataloged by the Wexler Team. The Bombay Hook reverse, designed by Phebe Hemphill, features intricate wildlife and wetland scenery that makes hub doubling particularly interesting on organic design elements like grass, where the doubled impressions mimic natural botanical variation and demand focused comparison against undoubled examples for confident identification.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Stephen Young Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2015-P 25¢ DE WDDR-019
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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