CU-1c-1836-02 Cud

Description

Cataloged by Cuds on Coins as CU-1c-1836-02, this cud error on the 1836 Modified Matron Head Coronet Head Large Cent preserves a raised, featureless blob at the rim where a fragment of the die broke away during production. Cud errors form when a piece of the die's rim or border detaches completely, leaving a void that fills with metal during striking to create the characteristic raised area devoid of design detail. This is the second documented cud for the 1836 cent, indicating at least two separate die failures produced rim breaks significant enough to catalog. The parent coin is further identified by the Brunk counterstamp reference K-274 attributed to H. Klugh, a merchant or individual whose counterstamp was applied to the coin after it entered circulation — adding a layer of post-mint historical provenance. The 1836 Coronet Head Cent belongs to the Modified Matron Head subtype produced from 1835 through 1839, distinguished from the earlier Matron Head by subtle design modifications. Large Cent dies of this era were produced in limited quantities compared to modern standards, and rim failures severe enough to create cuds document the structural limits of early nineteenth-century die steel.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Friscomint1793 on eBay
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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