CU-10c-1965-02 Cud

Description

From the very first year of clad coinage in the United States, CU-10c-1965-02 preserves a rim die break on a Roosevelt dime struck during one of the most transformative years in American numismatic history. Cross-referenced as RDC-65-7 in the Roosevelt Dime Cuds registry, this cud has been independently confirmed. The Coinage Act of 1965 eliminated silver from dimes and quarters, replacing the 90% silver composition with a copper-nickel clad bonded to a copper core. This metallurgical shift fundamentally altered die wear characteristics, and 1965 represented a learning year for the Mint as engineers calibrated striking pressures, annealing temperatures, and die hardness for the new alloy. Total dime production in 1965 reached 1.65 billion pieces across Philadelphia and Denver (both facilities operating without mintmarks, as the Mint had suspended mintmark usage to discourage hoarding). The staggering output volume demanded enormous numbers of die pairs, and the unfamiliar interaction between the new clad planchets and existing die steel specifications may have contributed to failure rates that were different from the long-established silver-striking norms. CU-10c-1965-02, as the second documented cud for the 1965 dime, joins a small but historically significant group of error varieties that emerged during this compositional transition. For collectors who specialize in transition-year errors, a 1965 dime cud carries dual significance: it documents both a physical die failure and a moment when American coinage permanently departed from precious metal content in circulating denominations. The RDC-65-7 cross-reference confirms that at least seven Roosevelt dime cuds from 1965 have been independently documented.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Fred Weinberg
• Cross reference number: RDC-65-7.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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