2016 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-002

Description

Medium spread in an east-northeast direction producing an extra right arm on the depicted figure identifies this second documented doubled die reverse for a 2016 Philadelphia Mint America the Beautiful quarter. VarietyVista catalogs it under UVC-2263 with DMR-003, tracking Stage A where both reverse and obverse are in Early Die State, Stage B in Mid Die State (unconfirmed), and Stage C in Late Die State (unconfirmed). The America the Beautiful quarter program (2010-2021) produced five new reverse designs annually, each honoring a national park or site, and the figurative elements on many designs — including human arms, wildlife features, and landscape details — provide diagnostic areas where directional hub doubling creates visible extra design elements. An extra arm from medium spread is a particularly striking visual effect, as it produces an anatomically recognizable doubling that even non-specialists can appreciate. The east-northeast spread direction indicates the hub shifted in that specific compass direction during one of the hubbing impressions, creating the offset secondary image. The confirmed EDS for Stage A suggests the doubling was present from the die's first use. Two documented DDR varieties for this specific 2016 ATB design represents early-stage research, as modern quarter varieties continue to be discovered years after their date of issue through systematic roll searching and variety club examination programs.

Die Markers

• UVC-2263
• DMR-003
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Andy Turnbull
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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