2003 (P) Alabama State Quarter - CU-25c-2003P-02R(AL) Rim Cud

Description

Alabama entered the State Quarter program as the twenty-second release in 2003, and this Philadelphia-struck example preserves a rim cud that records the loss of part of the reverse die's rim gutter, which appears on the coin as a raised interruption in the design rim that tracks the rim's course. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins as CU-25c-2003P-02R(AL), the designation encodes the denomination (25c), mint (P), sequence number (02), side (R for reverse), and state (AL). The Alabama reverse, designed by Norman E. Nemeth, depicts Helen Keller seated with her name in braille and English, along with a banner reading "Spirit of Courage" — a design rich in fine detail that makes rim breaks visually striking against the narrative composition. No additional cross-references exist in other attribution systems. Rim cuds on State Quarters attract dedicated collectors who assemble complete sets of documented die breaks across all fifty state designs, and Alabama cuds from the Philadelphia facility represent obtainable examples given the substantial mintages typical of State Quarter production.

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