2003 (P) Missouri State Quarter - SKH-25c-2003P-01(MO) Spiked Head

Description

Missouri's contribution to the State Quarter spiked head catalog is documented by SKH-25c-2003P-01(MO), first reported on January 23, 2018, on the 2003 Philadelphia Mint issue. Missouri's reverse design is complex, depicting Lewis and Clark's return to St. Louis down the Missouri River by boat, with the Gateway Arch in the background. The spike, though, is on the obverse: a crack in the Washington die ran from the rim into the bust, and the specific character of the spike on Washington's portrait follows the path of that crack. As the sole documented spiked head for the 2003-P Missouri quarter, this variety parallels the Arkansas entry from the same year — both are lone representatives of their respective state designs. The 50 State Quarters program released five state reverses per year, and 2003's roster (Illinois, Alabama, Maine, Missouri, and Arkansas) each generated its own complement of die varieties. Philadelphia's production across all five 2003 reverses consumed thousands of die pairs, yet Missouri yielded only a single confirmed spiked head. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins with no established cross-references, SKH-25c-2003P-01(MO) documents a spiked head die crack on a State Quarter.

Cross References

• Cross reference: none. 01/23/2018.

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