CU-1C-1980-06 Rim Cud

Description

Explicitly designated as a rim cud in the Cuds on Coins catalog, CU-1C-1980-06 marks the sixth confirmed terminal rim break on 1980 Philadelphia Lincoln Memorial cents. The "Rim Cud" label in the catalog title provides an important classification detail, confirming that the die fracture originated at and includes the coin's outer rim rather than occurring entirely within the interior design field. Interior die breaks — sometimes called retained cuds when the fractured piece remains loosely attached to the die body — produce different visual characteristics than rim cuds, as the broken fragment may shift slightly during striking without fully detaching, creating a raised but cracked region rather than a smooth featureless mass. CU-1C-1980-06's rim cud designation rules out this interior-break scenario and confirms a clean rim separation that produced the classic cud morphology: a raised blob of metal filling the void left by the missing die segment. Philadelphia's 1980 cent production was the first to carry the P mintmark on the denomination, an innovation that had been applied to other denominations by the Coinage Act of 1978. The coin was struck from 95% copper planchets. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Chuck Newman
• CU-1C-1980-06
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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