2016 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-006

Description

Sixth in the Cumberland Gap National Park Quarter DDR lineup, WDDR-006 was cataloged by the Wexler Team under the reference 2016-P 25c KY WDDR-006 with no additional cross-references known. The Cumberland Gap design, which commemorates the historic natural passage through the Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky, features a composition by Barbara Fox and Joseph Menna depicting Daniel Boone looking westward through the gap — a scene with layered depth including foreground vegetation, rocky outcroppings, distant mountain ridgelines, and sky. Each of these depth layers carries distinct surface textures that can capture hub doubling differently: the sharply defined foreground elements tend to show doubling as crisp secondary outlines, while the softer, more gradual modulation of distant features produces subtler displacement signatures. WDDR-006's position in the middle of the catalog sequence suggests a variety of moderate diagnostic visibility — prominent enough to merit inclusion but not among the first discoveries that typically represent the most dramatic examples. The Philadelphia Mint produced a substantial mintage of 2016 Cumberland Gap quarters in copper-nickel clad composition (5.67 grams), distributing them through standard channels into general circulation. Variety collectors hunting for ATB DDR specimens benefit from the series' widespread availability and the relative ease of obtaining uncirculated examples from Mint-sealed rolls, where the pristine surfaces preserve the full diagnostic detail of hub doubling.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Alfonso Lopez Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2016-P 25¢ KY WDDR-006
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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