2016 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-005

Description

Harpers Ferry — where the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers converge at the eastern edge of West Virginia — is depicted on this 2016 ATB Quarter, which carries a doubled die reverse cataloged under Wexler Variety ID 2016-P 25¢ WV WDDR-005. The view from Maryland Heights captures the historic lower town and surrounding Appalachian landscape in a composition by Barbara Fox and Joseph Menna. WDDR-005 is among the earliest documented reverse doubled dies in what would become a catalog exceeding forty entries for the 2016-P Harpers Ferry quarter, suggesting this design's complex detail proved particularly susceptible to visible hub doubling or attracted exceptionally thorough variety research. Doubled die reverse varieties on ATB quarters affect the unique commemorative design rather than the common Washington obverse. The ATB program operated from 2010 through 2021, issuing five designs annually. Attribution requires reference to Wexler's published die photographs for each WDDR number.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Chris Rhodes Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2016-P 25¢ WV WDDR-005
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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