CU-10c-1852-01R Rim Cud

Description

Dating to the pre-Civil War era, this 1852 Seated Liberty Dime reverse rim cud preserves a die failure from a period when Christian Gobrecht's elegant seated figure of Liberty graced American silver coinage. The "R" suffix designates this as a reverse break, where a fragment of the reverse die fractured at the rim and separated, producing a raised featureless mass along the coin's edge on the wreath side. Seated Liberty Dimes were struck at the Philadelphia Mint from 1837 through 1891, and the 1852 issue falls within the Stars Obverse subtype period when thirteen stars surrounded Liberty on the obverse. Dies in the 1850s were produced by hand-finishing methods that left each one slightly unique, and the stresses of striking silver planchets at high pressure could propagate cracks from the die rim inward until a section broke free. As the first cataloged reverse rim cud for the 1852 date, CU-10c-1852-01R documents a specific die failure event at the Philadelphia Mint during the early 1850s. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins for the Seated Liberty Dimes series.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Randall P
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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