CU-10c-1965-03 Rim Cud

Description

Documented as CU-10c-1965-03 Stage A and first reported on September 1, 2013, this rim cud on the 1965 Roosevelt Dime resulted from a die fracture along the coin's rim where a piece of the working die broke away during production, leaving a void that filled with planchet metal to create a raised featureless blob at the coin's edge. No independent cross-references have been established. The 1965 Roosevelt Dime holds special significance in United States coinage history as the first year of the copper-nickel clad composition that replaced the previous 90% silver standard — the Coinage Act of 1965 mandated the transition in response to rising silver prices and widespread hoarding of silver coins. To discourage speculation on the new clad coins, the 1965 issues were deliberately struck without a mintmark regardless of their facility of origin, meaning this cud cannot be attributed to a specific mint (Philadelphia, Denver, or San Francisco all produced 1965 dimes without mintmarks). The "Stage A" designation indicates this represents the earliest documented die stage for this particular cud — the fracture at its initial or early extent, before the break potentially enlarged during continued die use. Rim cuds on dimes are proportionally more dramatic relative to the coin's small size (17.91 mm diameter) compared to similar breaks on larger denominations, as the cud represents a greater percentage of the rim circumference. Struck in the new copper-nickel clad composition (2.268 grams, with outer layers of 75% copper and 25% nickel bonded to a pure copper core), this dime features John R. Sinnock's Roosevelt obverse and a heraldic torch reverse. The cud is typically visible to the unaided eye as a smooth raised area disrupting the normal rim profile.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Chuck Newman
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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