2015 (P) Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Quarter - Doubled Die Reverse VDDR-017

Description

On the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge quarter from the America the Beautiful series, VDDR-017 displays light spread to the south, manifesting as extra blades of grass under 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 advances to MDS with a die break at the upper beak of the Great Blue Heron, while the obverse reaches MDS. Stage C is an unconfirmed late die state. Cataloged as UVC-???? and DMR-0??, the provisional classification codes indicate this variety awaits final confirmation numbering. The grass-area doubling provides a clear diagnostic against the horizontal strip, and the Stage B beak break on the heron offers a prominent die-state marker on the design's central element.

Die Markers

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

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