CU-25c-2007P-04R(UT) Cud

Description

Fourth reverse cud on the 2007 Philadelphia Utah State Quarter, CU-25c-2007P-04R(UT) records a major rim break on the reverse die featuring the Golden Spike ceremony commemorating the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869. The Utah reverse design, sculpted by Joseph Menna from a concept by Phebe Hemphill, depicts two locomotives meeting with the inscription "Crossroads of the West" — a detailed composition with multiple design elements that created complex stress patterns across the die face. The "(UT)" designation identifies the specific state design, critical for the State Quarters program where five different reverse designs were produced each year from 1999 through 2008. Philadelphia's quarter production in 2007 generated hundreds of millions of Utah quarters, and four documented reverse cuds indicate that the dies endured enough production runs for multiple rim failures to develop and be preserved. No additional cross-references have been established beyond the primary Cuds on Coins designation, with the documentation date of October 4, 2018 recorded in the cataloging data. The State Quarters program generated unprecedented public interest in coin collecting, and cud varieties on state quarter reverses remain popular among error collectors who seek die break examples on the distinctive fifty-state designs that made the program a cultural phenomenon.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Chuck Newman
• Cross reference: none. 10/04/2018.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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