CU-25c-2006P-19R Cud

Description

With the cross-reference JCQ-2006P-CO-002 and a February 2021 catalog date, this reverse cud on the 2006-P Colorado State Quarter represents a major die break on one of the more popular State Quarter designs. Colorado, the 38th state admitted to the Union in 1876, was honored with a reverse depicting a sweeping Rocky Mountain vista, and the "R" suffix in CU-25c-2006P-19R confirms the break occurred on this reverse die rather than the standard Washington obverse. The "19" position number indicates this is the 19th distinct cud cataloged on 2006-P State Quarters across all five state designs issued that year (Nevada, Nebraska, Colorado, North Dakota, and South Dakota), demonstrating the substantial volume of die failures that accumulate across a year of high-speed quarter production at Philadelphia. The State Quarter program (1999-2008) generated enormous public interest and collector participation, making die varieties on these coins particularly sought-after despite the individually large mintages. Colorado quarters feature the inscription "Colorful Colorado" beneath the mountain scene, and a rim-level die break in the vicinity of this design would produce a raised metal mass interrupting the geographic or textual elements. The JCQ cross-reference ties this variety into the Jefferson Cent/Quarter tracking system maintained by James Currier, providing independent documentation beyond the Cuds on Coins catalog. Philadelphia's 2006 quarter production consumed hundreds of reverse dies across the five state designs, and each die's service life ended either through scheduled replacement or catastrophic failure — cuds representing the latter outcome.

Attribution History

• Discovered by JC Stevens
• Cross reference number: JCQ-2006P-CO-002.  02/13/2021.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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