CU-1C-1975-06 Cud

Description

Advancing to the sixth position in the 1975 Philadelphia cud catalog, CU-1C-1975-06 records another rim break variety on Lincoln Memorial cents struck without a mint mark at the Philadelphia Mint. The jump from CU-1C-1975-04 to position 06 reflects the non-contiguous numbering that often characterizes cud catalogs when entries are documented and published across different batches or time periods. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins without additional cross-reference numbers, this variety exhibits the standard diagnostic features of a major rim break: a raised, featureless mass of metal along the affected section of the coin's edge where die steel separated and planchet metal filled the resulting cavity. Six documented cuds for a single Philadelphia date represents a substantial census of terminal die failures and provides collectors with multiple varieties to pursue when building a 1975 Philadelphia cud type set. Each entry in the census preserves the record of a distinct die reaching its structural endpoint under the demanding conditions of high-volume cent production, and the cumulative catalog serves as an industrial history of the Philadelphia Mint's 1975 die operations. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Larry Peterson
• CU-1C-1975-06
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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