2017 Doubled Die Reverse WDDR-021

Description

Reaching the twenty-first position in the Wexler catalog for the 2017-P Ozark National Scenic Riverways Quarter (reference: 2017-P 25c MO WDDR-021), this variety extends the DDR family for the Missouri design into uncommonly deep territory for a single quarter issue. Twenty-one distinct doubled die reverses from one design speaks volumes about both the Philadelphia Mint's production volume and the systematic approach variety hunters brought to surveying the 2017 ATB releases. Ronald D. Sanders' Ozark Riverways reverse, sculpted by Joseph Menna, presents a river scene with layered depth — foreground water, a canoeist, mid-ground bluffs, and background tree canopy — and each depth layer carries surface textures that can capture hub doubling in distinctive ways. At WDDR-021, the catalog has reached a point where each new variety likely represents a die with increasingly subtle or localized doubling, as the most visually dramatic examples tend to receive earlier catalog numbers. The Wexler Team assigned this variety with no additional cross-references known, meaning the Wexler system remains the sole attribution authority. Struck at the Philadelphia Mint on copper-nickel clad planchets at 5.67 grams and 24.3 mm diameter, these quarters entered circulation through standard distribution channels. Collectors pursuing a comprehensive Ozark Riverways DDR set face the challenge of distinguishing twenty-one separate varieties, each requiring detailed comparison of the specific design zone, direction, and magnitude of doubling on the river scene reverse.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Aryana Coldwell Cross References: None known
• None known; Wexler Variety ID: 2017-P 25¢ MO WDDR-021
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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