CU-1C-1967-01 Cud

Description

Cataloged as CU-1C-1967-01, this is the first documented cud variety for the 1967 Lincoln cent — the final year of the Coinage Act of 1965 no-mint-mark era. A cud is a raised, featureless mass on a coin created when a section of the die rim fractures and the broken fragment separates from the die body, leaving a void that fills with planchet metal during striking. The 1967 cent production at the Philadelphia Mint reached 3,048,667,100 business strikes, the highest single-year output of the entire three-year no-mint-mark period and among the highest annual cent mintages in U.S. history to that point. This extraordinary volume demanded a proportionally massive die population, and the extended service lives required to meet production targets pushed many dies deep into their fatigue range, where rim fractures become increasingly probable. The transition from 1967 to 1968 marked a watershed moment in American coinage: mint marks returned to all denominations, traditional proof sets resumed at the San Francisco Mint, and the coin shortage that had precipitated the Coinage Act was finally considered resolved. The 1967 cent thus represents the closing chapter of an extraordinary period in Mint history, and its varieties — including this cud — document the mechanical toll that record production demands exacted on the die population during those three intense years. Cross-referenced as CU-1C-1967-01 and attributed by Cuds on Coins. Struck on a 3.11-gram, 19mm planchet of 95% copper and 5% zinc.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Heritage Auction
• CU-1C-1967-01
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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