CU-25c-2005P-09R(WV) Cud

Description

Ninth reverse cud documented on the 2005 Philadelphia West Virginia State Quarter, CU-25c-2005P-09R(WV) extends the unusually large cud census for this particular design. Nine reverse cuds for a single State Quarter issue is a high count that positions the 2005-P West Virginia quarter among the most cud-prolific designs in the entire fifty-state quarter program. Philadelphia's production of 365,400,000 West Virginia quarters in 2005 generated enormous die consumption, and each die faced millions of high-speed impacts that promoted rim crack initiation and propagation. The New River Gorge Bridge reverse design, with its detailed architectural spans and deep-relief mountain scenery, required dies to maintain sharp detail across complex topography — demanding conditions that may have accelerated die wear and rim fracturing compared to simpler reverse designs. No additional cross-references exist beyond the Cuds on Coins primary designation. The systematic catalog number — with its denomination (25c), date (2005P), sequence number (09), side (R for reverse), and design identifier (WV) — exemplifies the structured naming convention that allows researchers to quickly assess the scope of documented cuds for any given issue. Each cud represents a unique die whose rim fractured at a different location, and nine documented breaks across the 2005-P WV reverse dies provides a meaningful sample of die failure distribution for this design.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Faye Lanford
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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