2016 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-025

Description

A milestone in catalog numbering, WDDR-025 — Wexler Variety ID 2016-P 25¢ WV WDDR-025 — is the twenty-fifth documented doubled die reverse for the 2016 Philadelphia Mint Harpers Ferry National Park Quarter. This volume of documented DDRs for a single coin design is exceptional across all U.S. quarter programs. The combination of an intricate detail-heavy reverse design, large Philadelphia Mint production quantities requiring many working dies, and a motivated community of variety specialists systematically examining the issue collectively explain the catalog's depth. West Virginia's Harpers Ferry sits at the junction of three states and the town's strategic location at the river confluence made it a critical transportation and industrial hub throughout the 19th century. The quarter reverse renders this confluence landscape with sufficient engraving precision that even minor hub misalignment produces detectable design interference. Each WDDR entry stands as an independent attribution supported by die photographs.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Tanner Scott Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2016-P 25¢ WV WDDR-025
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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