CU-1c-1982-36(LD) Cud

Description

Zinc half of the CU-1c-1982-36(LD) pair, this interior cud at 2.5 grams on the copper-plated zinc planchet with the wider large date numerals documents the same die fracture on the post-transition composition. At thirty-six Large Date entries in the subtype-specific catalog, the Zinc Large Date's contribution to the overall census count is approaching a volume where the catalog itself becomes a meaningful numismatic artifact — a comprehensive reference work built incrementally over years of individual discoveries, submissions, verifications, and cataloging decisions. Each entry in this growing compendium was someone's discovery: a moment when a searcher examining a roll, bag, or accumulation of 1982 cents noticed an anomaly at the rim, recognized it as a potential cud, weighed the coin to determine its composition, examined the date numerals to confirm the punch style, and then submitted photographs for comparison against the existing census entries. The zinc planchet's copper coating gives this specimen the familiar copper appearance that can mislead casual observers into assuming a bronze composition, and only weighing at 2.5 grams or performing a specific gravity test will confirm the zinc core beneath. The paired bronze entry captures the same fracture geometry on the denser traditional alloy. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Fred Weinberg
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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