CU-1C-1980-10 Cud

Description

Marking the tenth confirmed cud in the 1980 Philadelphia cent census, CU-1C-1980-10 represents a milestone entry that places this date among the more thoroughly documented in the Cuds on Coins registry. Reaching ten distinct cud varieties for a single date and mint requires both substantial die usage during original production and sustained collector effort in the decades since — each new discovery must be carefully compared against all previously cataloged breaks to confirm that it represents a genuinely new die rather than a previously documented variety in a different state of wear or preservation. The challenge of this comparison work increases with each addition to the census, as the accumulated inventory of known break positions leaves progressively smaller angular gaps where a new variety might be distinguished. CU-1C-1980-10 was confirmed as distinct from the nine preceding entries based on its unique rim break geometry and angular position. The Philadelphia Mint struck the 1980 cent from 95% copper planchets, and the coin carries the P mintmark that debuted on the denomination that year — a detail that helps distinguish 1980 Philadelphia cents from their mintmark-free predecessors at a glance. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Chuck Newman
• CU-1C-1980-10
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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