2017 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-012

Description

Twelfth in the Wexler catalog for the 2017-P Ozark National Scenic Riverways Quarter doubled die reverses (reference: 2017-P 25c MO WDDR-012), this variety falls precisely at the midpoint of the known DDR range for this Missouri design. The catalog position suggests a variety of moderate visibility — discovered after the initial wave of prominent examples that captured early catalog numbers but before the deep-catalog specimens with the most localized or subtle doubling. The Ozark Riverways design celebrates Missouri's Current River and Jacks Fork River system, and the reverse composition includes a canoeist, spring-fed waters, dolomite bluffs, and riparian forest — each element providing textured surfaces where hub displacement creates distinctive doubled features. No cross-references beyond the Wexler system are documented for WDDR-012. The America the Beautiful Quarters program, spanning 2010 through 2021, featured five new reverse designs annually, and each design's variety census grew independently based on factors including mintage volume, design complexity, die consumption rates, and the intensity of variety-hunter attention. The 2017 Ozark design attracted particularly thorough examination, as evidenced by its deep DDR count. Philadelphia Mint production used copper-nickel clad planchets at 5.67 grams and 24.3 mm diameter, and these quarters circulated widely, making WDDR-012 findable through patient roll searching with appropriate magnification equipment and lighting conditions suited to detecting the specific displacement on this particular reverse die.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Aryana Caldwell Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2017-P 25¢ MO WDDR-012
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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