2006 (P) Colorado State Quarter - CU-25c-2006P-13R Cud

Description

Documented on January 14, 2019 by Cuds on Coins, CU-25c-2006P-13R represents a reverse cud error cataloged for the 2006-P Colorado State Quarter. This die break at the rim created a raised featureless area where a portion of the reverse die fractured and separated, leaving a void that the planchet metal filled during the striking process. No cross-references to other error cataloging systems exist for this variety. The 2006-P Colorado quarter has a concentration of cud errors suggesting that the particular combination of die steel, press pressure, and production volume at the Philadelphia Mint during Colorado quarter runs produced above-average die mortality. Norman Nemeth's Rocky Mountain design includes fine topographic detail in the mountain range, sky, and banner inscription "Colorful Colorado" that would be disrupted by any rim break extending into the design field. Cud errors are categorized by their position along the rim, measured in clock-face notation, and by the degree to which they encroach upon the coin's design elements. Philadelphia's total production of 274.8 million Colorado quarters ensures that scattered examples of each documented cud variety survived the Mint's quality control screening and entered circulation, where alert collectors continue to find them.

Cross References

• Cross reference number: none.  01/14/2019.

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