CU-25c-2001P-02R(RI) Rim Cud

Description

Cataloged as CU-25c-2001P-02R(RI), this rim cud appears on the 2001 Philadelphia Rhode Island State Quarter — honoring the smallest state with the longest official name. A rim cud occurs when a section of the die edge fractures and separates, producing a raised featureless area along the coin's rim where design elements are replaced by a smooth blank mass of metal. The RI designation identifies the specific State Quarter design, as the 50 State Quarters Program issued five new reverses each year from 1999 through 2008. Rhode Island's reverse depicts a vintage sailboat gliding through Narragansett Bay with the Pell Bridge in the background, designed by Daniel Carr. The R suffix indicates this cud appears on the reverse, potentially affecting the sailboat design, the state outline, or surrounding legends. Rhode Island holds the distinction of being the last of the original thirteen colonies to ratify the Constitution, and its quarter was released alongside New York, North Carolina, Vermont, and Kentucky during the 2001 program year. State Quarter cuds are actively collected as a subset of the broader cud census.

Attribution History

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

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