PC-50c-1980D-01 Pre-Cud

Description

Documented by Cuds on Coins, this pre-cud variety appears on the 1980-D Kennedy Half Dollar struck at the Denver Mint in copper-nickel clad composition. Pre-cuds represent the transitional stage between a simple rim die crack and a full cud break, where the crack has extended to the rim but the die fragment remains attached. On struck coins, this manifests as a raised irregular line near the rim rather than the characteristic flat shelf of a developed cud. Kennedy Half Dollars from 1980 saw limited circulation, as the denomination had largely fallen out of everyday commerce by this period. Despite their relative abundance in mint state, die varieties on Kennedy Halves maintain a dedicated following among specialists who document die failures across the series. As the first cataloged pre-cud for the 1980-D date, this variety establishes baseline documentation for rim deterioration on Denver Mint half dollar dies from that production year. The clad composition faithfully records the progressive nature of die failure, making the pre-cud identifiable under standard magnification.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Chuck Newman
• PC-50c-1980D-01; number: none.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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