CU-25c-1967-02 Cud

Description

Bearing cross-reference WQC-67-1A, this 1967 Washington Quarter — listed by CudsOnCoins as CU-25c-1967-02 — carries a cud from a die rim fracture. The 1967 date falls within the 1965-1967 mintmark-free period, when the Mint removed all mintmark identifiers to discourage speculative hoarding during the silver-to-clad transition. John Flanagan's Washington Quarter, introduced in 1932 for the bicentennial of Washington's birth, had undergone a fundamental metallurgical change in 1965 when the Coinage Act eliminated the 90% silver standard. The clad composition — copper-nickel bonded to a pure copper core — altered the coin's weight, edge appearance, and striking characteristics. Cuds result from die rim failures where fractured segments can no longer transfer design detail, producing raised featureless areas on the struck coin. The WQC cross-reference places this variety within the Washington Quarter Cud catalog, a specialized reference for quarter denomination cud varieties. As the second documented cud for the no-mintmark 1967 quarter, this variety contributes to the record of die failures during the challenging transition era.

Attribution History

• Discovered by mdkirkham on ebay
• Cross reference: WQC-67-1A.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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