PC-25c-1926D-01 Pre-Cud

Description

Cataloged by Cuds on Coins as PC-25c-1926D-01, this pre-cud appears on a 1926-D Standing Liberty Quarter struck at the Denver Mint. Pre-cuds document the stage of die deterioration where a crack has advanced to or near the rim without the weakened section fracturing away, and the raised line on the struck coin records the fissure's path through the die steel. The 1926-D is recognized as a semi-key date in the series, with a modest mintage that makes all varieties from this issue noteworthy. Hermon MacNeil's Standing Liberty design, produced from 1916 through 1930, features high-relief elements that imposed significant stress on working dies, contributing to accelerated wear and higher die failure rates relative to lower-relief denominations. The combination of demanding relief, the hard 90% silver alloy, and the mechanical pressures of high-speed coining created conditions favorable for the crack propagation that pre-cuds represent. For Standing Liberty Quarter specialists, this pre-cud on a semi-key Denver date adds both die variety interest and conditional scarcity to an already desirable issue.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Chuck Newman
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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