CU-25c-2024P-01R (ZS) Rim Cud

Description

First documented reverse cud on the 2024 Philadelphia Mint Zitkala-Sa American Women Quarter, this variety preserves a major die break where a piece of the reverse die rim fractured and separated completely, leaving a cavity that filled with metal to produce a raised featureless mass at the edge of the coin. The Zitkala-Sa quarter honors the Yankton Sioux writer, musician, and political activist who championed Native American rights in the early twentieth century, and it is one of five women honored on 2024 quarters in the American Women Quarter Program (2022-2025). The "(ZS)" designation in the catalog number identifies the specific reverse design within the multi-design year. As CU-25c-2024P-01R, this is the first cud documented for this particular design and mint combination, establishing the baseline entry in the die break census. The American Women Quarter Program represents the Mint's most recent rotating-design quarter series, following the America the Beautiful program (2010-2021) and the State/Territory quarters (1999-2009). Modern quarters are struck on copper-nickel clad planchets at high speed, and the mechanical stresses of production inevitably produce die rim fractures. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins, this cud on a contemporary issue demonstrates that die break documentation keeps pace with current-year production.

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