2000 (P) Maryland State Quarter - SKH-25c-2000P-04(MD) Spiked Head

Description

For the 2000 Philadelphia Mint Maryland State Quarter, SKH-25c-2000P-04(MD) was reported on October 9, 2017 — the same date as SKH-25c-2000P-03(MD), suggesting both were identified during a focused examination session or submitted together by the same researcher. When two spiked heads share a discovery date, it often indicates that a single collector was systematically searching rolls or bags of the specific state quarter and identified multiple spiked head specimens in the same batch. Each of the documented spikes is a crack from a different obverse die, running from the rim into Washington's bust with its own positional characteristics. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins with no known cross-references, this entry is in the 2000-P Maryland spiked head catalog, though additional varieties may yet be discovered as collectors continue examining this high-mintage State Quarter issue. The concurrent October 2017 reporting of entries -03 and -04 illustrates the burst-pattern discovery that characterizes active die variety research, where focused searching of specific dates often yields multiple finds in short succession.

Cross References

• Cross reference: none. 10/09/2017.

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