2005 (P) West Virginia State Quarter - CU-25c-2005P-16R(WV) Cud

Description

This variety, a reverse cud for the 2005 Philadelphia Mint West Virginia State Quarter, preserves a major die break where a section of the reverse die rim fractured and broke away, creating the raised featureless mass at the coin's edge that defines a cud error. This cud is cataloged by Cuds on Coins. The West Virginia State Quarter, released in 2005 as part of the fifty-state series, features a reverse design depicting the New River Gorge Bridge — with a 1,700-foot arch, the longest steel arch span in the Western Hemisphere. The intricate bridge design with its detailed arch and surrounding mountain landscape may have created stress concentration points in the die that contributed to the high frequency of rim failures. The "(WV)" designation distinguishes this from cuds on other 2005 quarter issues, which included California, Minnesota, Oregon, and Kansas.

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