CU-25c-2001P-01R(VT) Cud

Description

Inaugural reverse cud on the 2001 Philadelphia Vermont State Quarter, CU-25c-2001P-01R(VT) records the first cataloged die rim fracture on a design featuring a maple tree landscape with sap buckets, set against the Green Mountain backdrop and captioned "Freedom and Unity." Philadelphia struck 423,400,000 Vermont quarters in 2001, the third year of the State Quarter program that had rapidly become the most popular coin collecting phenomenon in American history. The Vermont reverse, designed by T. James Ferrell, depicts a quintessentially New England winter scene with detailed tree branches and sap-collecting equipment — design elements requiring varied die depths that created potential stress concentration points during high-speed production. As the "01R" entry, this cud holds foundational status for the Vermont quarter die break census, establishing the baseline against which any subsequent reverse cuds would be cataloged and sequenced. No additional cross-references exist beyond the Cuds on Coins primary designation. Die rim fractures on early State Quarter issues like the 2001 Vermont quarter benefit from strong collector interest because the program's popularity drove extensive die break documentation from its inception, creating comprehensive records that later State Quarter dates would build upon as the program progressed through all fifty states.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Steve Young
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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