DC-25c-2016P-04R(HFNP) Die Chip

Description

Documented by Cuds on Coins under the designation DC-25c-2016P-04R(HFNP), this reverse die chip on a 2016-P Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Quarter records a small piece of the die surface that broke away, leaving a raised bump at the corresponding position on struck coins. The parenthetical "HFNP" identifies the specific ATB design — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia — distinguishing this die chip from chips on the other 2016 ATB quarter designs (Shawnee, Cumberland Gap, Theodore Roosevelt, Fort Moultrie). The "04R" suffix indicates this is the fourth cataloged reverse die chip for the 2016-P Harpers Ferry quarter, and the full cross-reference notation specifies no additional cross-references are known. Die chips are smaller-scale die failures compared to cuds: while cuds involve rim-connected breaks that produce large featureless masses, die chips occur when a small fragment separates from the die face at any location, creating a more modest raised anomaly on the coin that may appear as a small bump, dot, or irregularly shaped protrusion. The Harpers Ferry reverse, designed by Thomas Hipschen and sculpted by Phebe Hemphill, depicts the historic armory building associated with John Brown's 1859 raid — an architectural scene whose windows, walls, and roof lines provide geometric reference points for locating the chip. Struck at the Philadelphia Mint on copper-nickel clad planchets at 5.67 grams and 24.3 mm diameter, the 2016-P Harpers Ferry quarter had a substantial mintage for general circulation.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Soren Rollin
• Cross reference: none. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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