2006 (P) Colorado State Quarter - CU-25c-2006P-07R(CO) Cud

Description

Jumping from the early catalog entries to number seven, CU-25c-2006P-07R(CO) reflects the breadth of die failures on the 2006 Philadelphia Mint Colorado State Quarter. The gap between -02R and -07R indicates that catalog numbers 03 through 06 were assigned to additional cuds from different die pairs — each representing a separately discovered rim failure with its own fracture geometry. Norman E. Nemeth's Longs Peak reverse required dies to reproduce fine detail in the mountain ridgeline and tree canopy, and the interplay between design relief and rim structure influenced where stress concentrated during striking. Cuds on Coins assigns catalog numbers chronologically by discovery date rather than die pair sequence, so -07R may have come from a die used early or late in the production run. Modern quarter dies typically produce several hundred thousand impressions before replacement, and across the full Colorado quarter run, dozens of die pairs were consumed — each carrying its own probability of developing a rim fracture.

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