CU-1c-1982-21(LD) Cud

Description

Twenty-first in the subtype-specific Large Date series, CU-1c-1982-21(LD) on the Zinc Large Date subtype at 2.5 grams extends the catalog past the twenty-entry threshold established by the preceding pair. The continued growth of this catalog segment demonstrates that the population of undiscovered 1982 Philadelphia cuds remains productive even as the total count climbs into numbers that would have seemed improbable when systematic cud collecting was in its early decades. Each new entry at this depth represents a die fracture that eluded detection through years or decades of searching — perhaps because the break was small, positioned at an unremarkable location around the rim, or because the surviving specimens happened to reside in unsearched accumulations that only recently entered the numismatic marketplace. The zinc planchet hosting this cud was the future of the Lincoln cent: the copper-plated zinc composition introduced in mid-1982 would remain the standard for over four decades, making every zinc cent from 1982 a first-generation specimen of what became one of the most widely circulated coin compositions in American history. This entry pairs with its bronze counterpart under the same census designation. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Chuck Newman
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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