CU-25c-2001P-03R(KY) Cud

Description

Registered by Cuds on Coins as CU-25c-2001P-03R(KY), this reverse cud is attributed to a Philadelphia Mint die used in striking 2001 Kentucky State Quarters. The KY suffix in the catalog number designates the Kentucky State Quarter design — one of five State Quarter reverses struck at Philadelphia in 2001 during the fourth year of the 50 State Quarters program authorized by the United States Commemorative Coin Act of 1996. The -03R designation identifies this as the third documented cud for the reverse of the 2001-P Kentucky quarter, indicating active die failure research across State Quarter program issues. Kentucky's reverse design features a thoroughbred horse in front of an estate and the phrase "My Old Kentucky Home," making die failures on this reverse visible against a design with strong relief elements. A cud forms when a section of working die steel fractures and detaches during striking operations, causing raised featureless metal to fill the void on produced coins. No cross-reference outside the Cuds on Coins system is recorded for this variety.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Steve Young
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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