2024 VDDO VDDO-006

Description

Patsy Takemoto Mink — the first woman of color and first Asian American woman elected to the United States Congress in 1964 — appears on this 2024 American Women Quarter, and this sixth VarietyVista doubled die obverse documents hub displacement visible on her portrait. A medium spread in the north direction appears as doubling on the hair curl above her ear, with lighter spread detectable on the upper eyelid, combining two portrait elements that confirm the hub shifted northward between impressions. Recorded in an early die state on both sides, the variety preserves the doubling at its sharpest before die wear could soften the secondary image. The American Women Quarters series, running from 2022 through 2025, honors pioneering women across five reverse designs per year while maintaining a common obverse portrait of Washington. The Mink quarter's detailed hair and facial features provide sufficient relief for hub doubling to manifest as detectable displacement on fine elements like individual curls and eyelid contours. As a 2024 issue, this variety demonstrates that modern high-speed minting still produces doubled dies identifiable by variety specialists.

Die Markers

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

Attribution History

• Discovered by Robert Umbarger
• Expert attribution by VarietyVista

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