1993 (P) Washington Quarter - SKH-25c-1993P-01 Spiked Head

Description

First and only documented spiked head for the 1993 Philadelphia Mint Washington Quarter, SKH-25c-1993P-01 was cataloged by Cuds on Coins on May 3, 2021. This die crack variety records a crack running from the rim into Washington's bust on an obverse die used in Philadelphia's coining presses. The 1993-P quarter was produced during the mid-1990s period when the original Flanagan reverse design was still in service — six years before the State Quarters program would revolutionize American quarter coinage. Production volumes for the standard Washington Quarter in this era were significant but not at the exceptional levels that the State Quarters program would later generate, and a single documented spiked head for the date may reflect either fewer cracked dies of this kind or less intensive collector examination compared to later periods. The specific character of the spike — its position, length, and orientation relative to Washington's profile — follows the path the crack took across the die, which makes it unique to this particular die. No additional cross-references exist beyond the Cuds on Coins catalog, establishing that entry as the primary documentation. The May 2021 catalog date, nearly three decades after the coins were struck, illustrates the long discovery timeline characteristic of die variety research, where numismatic time operates on a fundamentally different scale than the production events it documents.

Cross References

• Cross reference: none. 05/03/2021.

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