CU-1C-1847-5 Cud

Description

Five documented cuds on a single date — 1847 — makes the Braided Hair Coronet Head Cent one of the most prolific sources of rim die breaks within the early large cent series. CU-1C-1847-5, the fifth such variety cataloged by Cuds on Coins, continues the pattern of die rim failures on a date that produced 6,183,669 cents at the Philadelphia Mint using hand-operated presses where each strike delivered significant mechanical stress to the die edges. The prevalence of five cuds across the 1847 date invites metallurgical speculation: the die steel composition, hardening treatment, or production cadence during this particular year may have contributed to accelerated rim deterioration, or the 1847 dies may simply have been studied more thoroughly than neighboring dates. No additional cross-references exist beyond the Cuds on Coins designation. Christian Gobrecht's Braided Hair design features thirteen stars surrounding Liberty's portrait on the obverse and a laurel wreath enclosing the denomination on the reverse — both sides carrying rim-adjacent design elements that create stress risers where fractures initiate. The five-cud documentation for 1847 provides researchers with a statistical cluster that, combined with data from other Braided Hair dates, helps map die durability patterns across the eighteen-year production run of this classic American large cent design.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Friscomint1793 on eBay
• CU-1C-1847-5; none.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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