2022 VDDR VDDR-003

Description

Cataloged by VarietyVista for the American Women Quarters program, VDDR-003 for the 2022 issue documents medium spread on Sally's chin — referring to Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, whose quarter was released as part of the 2022-2025 American Women Quarters series honoring pioneering women in American history. The doubling manifests as a secondary outline or shadow on Ride's chin detail, indicating hub displacement during the die manufacturing process. Technical classification lists UVC and DMR codes as pending (marked with question marks), reflecting the variety's relatively recent discovery and the ongoing process of assigning formal catalog numbers. Three die stages are documented: Stage A with reverse and obverse in early die state, Stage B at mid-die state (unconfirmed), and Stage C at late die state (unconfirmed). The EDS confirmation for Stage A indicates that specimens from the earliest production period of this die pair have been identified. The American Women Quarters program succeeded the America the Beautiful Quarters in 2022, introducing new reverse designs honoring five women annually. Each unique reverse design creates fresh territory for die variety research, as the specific design elements — in this case, Sally Ride's portrait wearing a flight suit — had never appeared on a U.S. coin before, presenting new areas where hub doubling could manifest. Medium spread on a portrait chin is a diagnostic that requires examination under magnification but, once identified, provides reliable attribution. VarietyVista's systematic approach to cataloging these varieties ensures that even newly discovered doubled dies on contemporary issues receive the same rigorous stage tracking applied to classic series.

Die Markers

• UVC-????
• DMR-00?
• Stage A:
• Reverse and Obverse are EDS
• Stage B:
• MDS (unconfirmed)
• Stage C:
• LDS (unconfirmed)

Attribution History

• Discovered by Shannon Smith
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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