CU-25c-2005P-01R(OR) Cud

Description

First documented reverse cud on the 2005 Philadelphia Oregon State Quarter, CU-25c-2005P-01R(OR) records the initial cataloged die rim fracture for this design featuring Crater Lake, Oregon's deepest and most iconic natural landmark. Philadelphia struck 316,200,000 Oregon quarters in 2005, fewer than the West Virginia issue but still a substantial output that stressed hundreds of die pairs throughout the production run. The Crater Lake reverse, designed by Donna Weaver, depicts the caldera lake with Wizard Island and the surrounding rim in detailed relief — a landscape design whose varied depths and contours may have influenced die durability characteristics differently than more geometrically uniform designs. No additional cross-references exist beyond the primary designation, and the "01R" sequence number confirms this as the earliest documented reverse cud for the Oregon design. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins, this variety stands as the foundational die break entry against which any subsequently discovered Oregon quarter cuds would be sequenced. Die rim fractures on State Quarters attracted significant collector attention during the program's 1999-2008 run, as the annual design changes created a deadline-driven collecting framework where each year's varieties needed to be identified and cataloged before attention shifted to the next year's designs, lending urgency to the documentation efforts.

Attribution History

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

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