CU-1C-1980-09 Cud

Description

Ninth in the documented rim break sequence for the 1980 Philadelphia cent, CU-1C-1980-09 extends the cud census into double-digit territory and reinforces the pattern of prolific die failure documentation for this date. The systematic nature of the Cuds on Coins catalog — where every confirmed rim break receives a unique sequential designation — means that the census serves not only as a collector attribution tool but also as an informal statistical record of die failure rates. While the catalog makes no claim to being an exhaustive inventory of every die that failed during the 1980 Philadelphia production run, the growing number of entries provides a lower bound on the total count of rim fractures that occurred. Many additional cuds undoubtedly went unrecorded because the resulting coins were never examined by a knowledgeable collector, were too worn to identify, or were recycled before reaching numismatic hands. CU-1C-1980-09 is distinguished from all other entries by its specific rim break position and geometry. The 1980 Philadelphia cent was struck from the standard 95% copper alloy as the first year to carry the P mintmark. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Recclm50 on ebay
• CU-1C-1980-09
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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