DC-25c-2015P-02R(HNM) Die Chip

Description

Cataloged by Cuds on Coins as DC-25c-2015P-02R(HNM), this die chip is the second documented reverse die chip for the 2015 Philadelphia Mint Homestead National Monument of America quarter. Die chips differ from cuds in scale and mechanism: a chip is a small fragment of die steel lost from a localized stress concentration, producing a compact raised area on the struck coin rather than the larger displaced mass of a full cud break. The HNM suffix identifies the Homestead National Monument of America quarter design, which honors the 1862 Homestead Act — legislation that opened federal land to settlement and shaped the development of the American Great Plains. The reverse design features a homesteader's cabin, a plow, and a prairie scene. The DC catalog prefix for die chips distinguishes these varieties from CU-prefixed cuds in the Cuds on Coins numbering system. Locating die chips on America the Beautiful quarter reverses requires careful examination of the design's fine detail areas, where small die steel losses are most likely to occur at relief transitions.

Attribution History

• Cross reference: none. Homestead National Monument of America.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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