CU-25c-2007P-03(UT) Rim Cud

Description

Third cataloged rim cud on the 2007 Philadelphia Utah State Quarter, CU-25c-2007P-03(UT) preserves a substantial die rim failure on one of the final issues in the landmark 50 State Quarters program. Utah's reverse design, featuring the Golden Spike ceremony at Promontory Summit commemorating the 1869 completion of the transcontinental railroad, was the forty-fifth design in the series. The designation format encodes key attribution data: CU for cud, 25c for denomination, 2007P for date and mint, 03 for the third documented example, and (UT) identifying the specific state reverse design. Three cuds cataloged for this single design reflects both the thorough examination by variety collectors during the State Quarters era — when public interest in quarter varieties reached unprecedented levels — and the production stresses inherent in striking billions of quarters annually. Philadelphia produced hundreds of millions of Utah quarters in 2007, consuming large numbers of working dies. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins with no additional cross-references established, this rim cud offers collectors a tangible artifact of die failure from the closing chapter of the most popular commemorative coin program in United States Mint history.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Chuck Newman
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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