CU-1C-1979-07 Cud

Description

Closing out the 1979 Philadelphia cud entries in this batch, CU-1C-1979-07 was cataloged by Cuds on Coins and documents the seventh confirmed rim break for this historically notable date. Seven cuds from the final year of unmintmarked Philadelphia cent production provides collectors with a substantial set of die failure varieties to pursue for this date, and each entry carries its own unique break geometry that requires individual confirmation against reference photographs. The numbering gap from the fifth to the seventh entry indicates that CU-1C-1979-06 exists in the broader catalog but is not included in this particular grouping. As the last Philadelphia cent produced without a mint mark, the 1979 date carries special significance for collectors who view it as the endpoint of an unbroken tradition reaching back to the earliest days of the United States Mint. While the coins themselves are common in circulated condition, error varieties like cuds add a dimension of interest that transcends the base coin's collectibility. CU-1C-1979-07 joins six other documented rim breaks in providing evidence that Philadelphia's die population during 1979 experienced the typical distribution of fatigue failures expected for a high-volume production year. The coins were struck from 95% copper planchets without a mint mark — the final Lincoln cents to bear this characteristic. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Keith Bock
• CU-1C-1979-07
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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