2015 (P) Kisatchie National Forest Quarter - CU-25c-2015P-01R(KI) Rim Cud

Description

A reverse rim cud on the 2015 Philadelphia Mint Kisatchie National Park Quarter, this die break variety records the loss of part of the reverse die's rim gutter, which appears on the coin as a raised interruption in the design rim that tracks the rim's course. The parenthetical "KI" in the catalog number identifies this specifically as the Kisatchie design, distinguishing it from other 2015 America the Beautiful quarters that share the same date. Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana was one of five sites honored in the 2015 installment of the America the Beautiful Quarters series, which ran from 2010 through 2021 with five new reverse designs each year through 2020 (one in 2021). Cataloged by Cuds on Coins, CU-25c-2015P-01R(KI) establishes the baseline entry for Kisatchie cuds from Philadelphia. The high production volumes of the America the Beautiful program ensured that die stress and rim fractures remained a regular occurrence across the series, and the systematic documentation of cuds by design, date, and mint provides researchers with data on die failure frequency across different reverse compositions and production runs.

Cross References

• Cross reference: none. Kisatchie National Forest.

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