CU-25c-1992P-01 Rim Cud

Description

First documented rim cud on the 1992-P Washington Quarter, CU-25c-1992P-01 records a major die break on a Philadelphia Mint quarter from the early 1990s, a period of robust quarter production preceding the transformative State Quarters program that would begin in 1999. No cross-references to other variety catalogs have been established, and no supplementary die markers beyond the cud itself have been documented. The 1992-P Washington Quarter was struck in copper-nickel clad composition as part of the long-running Washington Clad and Silver Proof Quarters series (1965-1998), the final generation of the original Flanagan design before the reverse was replaced by rotating state designs. Philadelphia's 1992 quarter mintage of 384,764,000 reflects the continued high demand for quarters in circulation, and this production volume consumed a large population of working dies throughout the year. Rim cuds on Washington Quarters from the clad era — particularly from the pre-State Quarter years — receive less collector attention than their counterparts on cents, nickels, and the popular State Quarter issues, but they remain significant as documentation of die failure patterns across the denomination. The Washington Quarter's moderate 24.3mm diameter and the striking pressures required to fully bring up both the obverse portrait and the heraldic eagle reverse concentrate mechanical stress at the die rim, where the collar-die interface creates a stress concentration zone. A rim cud at any position around the coin's circumference produces a raised, structureless metal mass that obliterates the design elements in its path — whether lettering from UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, eagle wing tips, Washington's profile, or peripheral stars and mottoes — creating a visually dramatic variety on an otherwise unremarkable circulating coin.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Fred Weinberg
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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