CU-1C-1980-30 Rim Cud

Description

Bearing the rim cud designation, CU-1C-1980-30 is the thirtieth and highest-numbered entry in the Cuds on Coins census for the 1980 Philadelphia Lincoln Memorial cent. Reaching thirty confirmed cud varieties for a single date and mint is an exceptional achievement in error coin documentation — it means that at least thirty distinct working dies experienced terminal rim fracture during the 1980-P cent production run, and that collectors and researchers subsequently located, photographed, and submitted examples of each for cataloging. As a rim cud, this variety's break is confined to the coin's outermost edge, producing a raised irregularity along the border rather than extending inward to consume design elements. CU-1C-1980-30 closes out the known 1980 Philadelphia cud census as of its cataloging date, though future discoveries could potentially extend the sequence further. The coin was struck from the standard 95% copper, 5% zinc alloy at the Philadelphia Mint and carries the historically significant P mintmark that appeared on the denomination for the first time in 1980. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Marvin L
• CU-1C-1980-30
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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