2016 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-019

Description

Approaching twenty documented entries, the Harpers Ferry DDR catalog at WDDR-019 — Wexler Variety ID 2016-P 25¢ WV WDDR-019 — demonstrates the scale of die variety research applied to this ATB quarter. The 2016-P Harpers Ferry quarter was struck at the Philadelphia Mint, which by the ATB era was operating modern high-speed presses requiring continuous die replacement. Each replacement die was manufactured through the hubbing process, where a hardened hub transfers the design into a softened die blank under hydraulic pressure. Harpers Ferry's reverse depicts the historic West Virginia town from the elevated Maryland Heights vantage point, capturing the dramatic convergence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers — a geographical feature that Thomas Jefferson once described as worth a voyage across the Atlantic to see. The landscape's depth of field required fine engraving detail that translates into numerous potential doubling indicators on working dies. Nineteen documented DDRs confirms systematic screening of large quantities.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Alfonso Lopez Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2016-P 25¢ WV WDDR-019
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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