2018 Doubled Die Reverse DDR-001

Description

Primary doubled die reverse for the 2018 America the Beautiful quarter, DDR-001 exhibits a medium spread Northwest manifesting as extra tips to feathers #7 and #8 from the bottom — precise feather-counting diagnostics that position this variety within the detailed design elements of the 2018 ATB reverse. Die markers tracked under UVC-2385 and DMR-002 document three stages: Stage A with both reverse and obverse in Early Die State (EDS), Stage B in Mid-Die State (MDS, unconfirmed), and Stage C in Late Die State (LDS, also unconfirmed). The northwestern spread direction indicates the hub shifted up and to the left between hubbing impressions, displacing feather tips in a consistent directional pattern. Cataloged by VarietyVista, this primary DDR for the 2018 date anchors the doubled die reverse catalog for what was the ninth year of the ATB program that would continue through 2021. The America the Beautiful Quarters program succeeded the State Quarters and DC/Territories programs, continuing the tradition of annually rotating reverse designs that had proven enormously popular with both collectors and the general public since 1999. Production volumes for ATB quarters remained substantial, with Philadelphia typically striking hundreds of millions of each design — a volume that consumed thousands of working dies and generated proportional opportunities for hub misalignment. The feather-tip diagnostic at positions #7 and #8 from the bottom provides a very specific attribution checkpoint that skilled cherry-pickers can evaluate systematically when examining quantities of this date.

Die Markers

• UVC-2385
• DMR-002
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Robert McCann
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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