2006 (P) Colorado State Quarter - PC-25c-2006P-01R(CO) Pre-Cud

Description

Documented on the 2006 Philadelphia Mint Colorado State Quarter, this pre-cud captures a rim-to-rim die crack on the reverse that might have progressed toward a full cud had the die remained in service, though nothing made that certain. A pre-cud represents a possible precursor stage of a cud — the die rim has fractured with a crack running from rim to rim, but the section it encloses is still part of the die and has not moved. If the fragment ever breaks away and falls out, the resulting cavity fills with metal during striking to produce the raised featureless mass characteristic of a full cud. The "(CO)" suffix in the catalog number identifies the specific State Quarter design — Colorado, the thirty-eighth state, featuring a Rocky Mountain landscape. The State Quarter program (1999-2008) introduced five new reverse designs annually with corresponding new reverse dies, and the Denver and Philadelphia Mints each produced quarters for all fifty states. Two separate cross-reference dates — February 14, 2025 and May 28, 2018 — suggest this variety was cataloged at different times or verified against multiple specimens. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins, the PC prefix designates the pre-cud stage in their comprehensive die break classification system. State Quarter pre-cuds are collected alongside full cuds and retained cuds as part of the broader die break specialty within the enormously popular fifty-state program.

Cross References

• Cross reference number: none. 02/14/2025. Cross reference number: none. 05/28/2018.

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