CU-50c-1981P-01 Cud

Description

Entered in the Cuds on Coins registry as CU-50c-1981P-01 and cross-referenced as KHDC-81P-1, this die cud is attributed to a Philadelphia Mint die used in producing 1981 Kennedy Half Dollars. The KHDC designation — Kennedy Half Dollar Cud — is the denomination-specific cross-reference code maintained alongside the Cuds on Coins primary catalog. As the first entry in the KHDC sequence for 1981-P, KHDC-81P-1 represents the primary cud variety for this date and mint combination. A cud forms when a fracture propagates through the working die and a piece of die steel breaks free, leaving struck coins with a raised, unstruck area over the zone of the missing die material. By 1981, Kennedy Half Dollars had transitioned to a clad composition — copper core bonded between outer copper-nickel layers — following the 40% silver issues of 1965 through 1970. Philadelphia production in 1981 was directed primarily toward collector sets rather than circulation, as half dollar use in everyday commerce had sharply declined. The KHDC-81P-1 cross-reference allows researchers to locate this variety in the Kennedy Half Dollar–specific registry for denomination-focused cud documentation.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Fred Weinberg
• CU-50c-1981P-01; number: KHDC-81P-1.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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