CU-25c-2007P-02R(MO) Cud

Description

Second reverse cud cataloged for the 2007 Philadelphia Montana State Quarter, CU-25c-2007P-02R(MO) records a die rim failure on the forty-first design in the 50 State Quarters program. Montana's reverse features a bison skull above the state outline with the text "Big Sky Country," designed by Don Everhart II — a composition that created distinct stress patterns in the die rim where the detailed skull imagery meets the coin's edge. The R suffix in the designation confirms this cud appears on the reverse die rather than the obverse, distinguishing it from obverse-side cuds that affect the standard Washington portrait common to all State Quarters. Cuds on reverse dies of State Quarters hold particular interest because each state design is unique, meaning the affected area interacts with design elements specific to that state's commemorative imagery. Philadelphia struck hundreds of millions of Montana quarters in 2007, part of the massive State Quarters program output that totaled over 34 billion quarters across the program's ten-year run from 1999 through 2008. With no additional cross-references established, this variety was cataloged by Cuds on Coins under their systematic State Quarters classification framework that tracks die failures across all fifty state designs.

Attribution History

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

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