2000 (P) Maryland State Quarter - SKH-25c-2000P-01(MD) Spiked Head

Description

SKH-25c-2000P-01(MD) was a die crack variety documented for the 2000 Philadelphia Mint Maryland State Quarter, originally reported on April 21, 2017. The subsequent entries in the Maryland quarter spiked head sequence are the -02, -03, and -04 varieties. The Maryland State Quarter reverse, depicting the dome of the Maryland State House and surrounded by White Oak leaf clusters, was released as the seventh state in the program during the first quarter of 2000. A crack in the Washington obverse die ran from the rim into the bust, creating a raised spike on the portrait. Philadelphia struck hundreds of millions of 2000 Maryland quarters during the height of State Quarters mania, when Americans were actively searching their change and banks reported increased demand for quarter rolls. This public enthusiasm created a feedback loop where more eyes examining more coins led to more variety discoveries. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins, the April 2017 first-report date means this variety was identified seventeen years after the coins were struck — a reminder that die variety discovery is an ongoing process that continues to expand the known catalog decades after production.

Cross References

• Cross reference: none. 04/21/2017.

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