CU-25c-1985P-07 Cud

Description

Seventh documented cud for the 1985 Philadelphia Washington Quarter, CU-25c-1985P-07 records a major rim die break on John Flanagan's long-running Washington design. The raised, featureless area at the coin's edge marks where a die fragment fractured and separated during production, leaving a void that filled with metal during striking. Seven cataloged cuds for a single date and mint indicates that multiple dies suffered rim failures during the 1985 Philadelphia production run, reflecting high-volume striking operations that consumed large numbers of die pairs annually. Each cud represents a separate die and distinct break event, as a given die can only produce one cud pattern at a specific location. The 1985 Washington Quarter was struck in copper-nickel clad composition during a period when the Mint produced quarters in enormous quantities to meet circulation demand. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins, this seventh entry demonstrates that systematic documentation has identified an unusually high number of rim failures for this date, suggesting elevated production pressures or die characteristics that made 1985 Philadelphia dies somewhat more susceptible to peripheral fracturing.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Chuck Newman
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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