SKH-25c-2000P-04(MD) Spiked Head

Description

Fourth and currently highest-numbered spiked head for the 2000 Philadelphia Mint Maryland State Quarter, SKH-25c-2000P-04(MD) was reported on October 9, 2017 — the same date as the third entry, SKH-25c-2000P-03(MD), suggesting both were identified during a focused examination session or submitted together by the same researcher. When two spiked heads share a discovery date, it often indicates that a single collector was systematically searching rolls or bags of the specific state quarter and identified multiple die clash specimens in the same batch. Four documented spiked heads for the Maryland quarter places it in the moderate range among state designs, with enough entries to confirm that die clashes were not anomalous for this reverse but not so many as to suggest the design was especially clash-prone. The Maryland State House dome reverse, with its rounded architectural elements, creates a specific transfer pattern when it clashes with the Washington obverse, and each of the four documented spikes reflects a unique die pair's clash event with its own positional characteristics. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins with no known cross-references, this fourth entry represents the current terminus of the 2000-P Maryland spiked head catalog, though additional varieties may yet be discovered as collectors continue examining this high-mintage State Quarter issue. The concurrent October 2017 reporting of entries -03 and -04 illustrates the burst-pattern discovery that characterizes active die variety research, where focused searching of specific dates often yields multiple finds in short succession.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Pietro Terranova
• Cross reference: none. 10/09/2017.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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