CU-25c-2002P-01(IN) Rim Cud

Description

First documented cud on the 2002 Philadelphia Indiana State Quarter, CU-25c-2002P-01(IN) records a major rim die break on the reverse featuring Indiana's distinctive design of a race car superimposed on the state outline with the inscription "Crossroads of America." The Indiana quarter was the nineteenth design in the State Quarters program, released in August 2002, and Philadelphia's production generated hundreds of millions of examples as part of the program's record-setting public participation. The "(IN)" designation identifies the state-specific reverse design, essential for cataloging within a program that produced five new reverse designs annually. Cuds on State Quarter reverses attract particular collector interest because each of the fifty state designs is unique, making a cud on any specific state design a geographically themed error that resonates with residents and collectors from that state. No additional cross-reference numbers have been established beyond the primary Cuds on Coins designation, and no supplementary die markers or comments are recorded. The "01" sequence number confirms this as the first cud documented for the 2002-P Indiana production — a first-of-type designation within its date and state that carries collecting significance. The rim fracture responsible for this cud developed under the same mechanical principles that affect all modern quarter dies: high-speed press operation delivering repeated impacts against clad planchets, with fracture initiation occurring at stress concentration points along the die rim.

Attribution History

• Discovered by George Winters
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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