CU-25c-2005P-10R(WV) Cud

Description

Cuds on Coins records this reverse cud on the 2005-P West Virginia State Quarter with the cross-reference JCQ-2005PWV002 and a catalog date of 09/01/2013. The "R" in the designation indicates this is a reverse die break — the cud appears on the West Virginia reverse design by John Mercanti rather than on the standard Washington obverse, placing the raised featureless blob within or adjacent to the scenic depiction of the New River Gorge Bridge, the state outline, and the "MONTANI SEMPER LIBERI" motto that comprise West Virginia's quarter design. Reverse cuds on State Quarters are particularly collected because each of the 50 state reverses has a unique design, meaning a cud's interaction with a specific state's imagery creates a one-of-a-kind visual combination that cannot occur on any other denomination or date. The JCQ cross-reference (John's Coin Questions, a secondary attribution resource for State Quarter errors) provides independent verification beyond the Cuds on Coins primary catalog, strengthening the variety's attribution certainty. The mechanism of cud formation — catastrophic fatigue failure in the die rim where a wedge-shaped fragment breaks free, leaving a void that fills with metal during striking — produces the characteristic raised blob whose size, shape, and position vary from die to die depending on the geometry of the fracture plane and the extent of die metal lost. Struck in copper-nickel clad at 5.67 grams, the 2005-P West Virginia Quarter was one of five state designs released that year alongside California, Minnesota, Oregon, and Kansas. The State Quarters program's popularity generated intense collector scrutiny of every release, leading to systematic documentation of cud varieties across all 50 state designs.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Chuck Newman
• Cross reference number: JCQ-2005PWV002, 09/01/2013.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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