2016 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-001

Description

Holding the primary Wexler reverse doubled die designation for a 2016-P Presidential dollar, WDDR-001 documents doubling at the intersection of the second ray clockwise from the Statue of Liberty's crown and her right arm on Don Everhart's shared reverse design. The Wexler Variety ID 2016-P $1 RR WDDR-001 identifies this as a Ronald Reagan Presidential dollar — the 40th President, whose 2016 issue was part of the program's final regular releases before its conclusion. Reagan, who served from 1981 to 1989, was honored alongside Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford in the 2016 Presidential dollar lineup. The Presidential dollar program's shared reverse design creates a consistent diagnostic framework where the same ray-arm intersection serves as the doubling detection point across all issues in the series, regardless of which president's portrait appears on the obverse. No significant obverse or reverse die markers beyond the doubling were documented, placing full attribution weight on identifying the doubled junction geometry under magnification. By 2016, Presidential dollar production had been limited to collector-only quantities for five years, resulting in substantially lower mintages than the program's early circulation-strike years, and correspondingly fewer working dies in service — yet hub doubling events still occurred during the die preparation process. The WDDR-001 designation as the primary reverse doubled die for this issue indicates either that this was the first or most prominent doubled die discovered for the 2016-P Reagan dollar reverse. Collectors should orient the reverse to clearly display the Statue of Liberty, count the second ray extending clockwise from the crown, and examine its intersection with the right arm under 15-20x magnification for displacement, splitting, or thickening that indicates a secondary hub impression shifted the junction from its expected position.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Scott Deuel Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2016-P $1 RR WDDR-001
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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