2015 (P) Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Quarter - Doubled Die Reverse VDDR-015

Description

On the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge quarter from the America the Beautiful series, VDDR-015 displays medium spread to the east, manifesting as extra blades of grass to the right end of the upper grass strip. The Bombay Hook design features a Great Blue Heron, and die stage progression has been documented across three stages. Stage A is an unconfirmed early die state. Stage B reaches early-mid die state with a die break at the upper beak of the Great Blue Heron, while the obverse advances to LDS. Stage C is an unconfirmed late die state. The grass-area doubling is diagnostically useful because the clean horizontal lines of the grass strip provide a clear canvas against which the eastward spread becomes visible. The Stage B beak break on the Great Blue Heron provides a memorable die-state marker, easily located without high magnification.

Die Markers

• UVC-????
• DMR-0??
• Stage A:
• EDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage B:
• Die break the upper beak of the Great Blue Heron – EMDS
• Obverse is LDS
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

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