CU-1C-1982-70 Cud

Description

Seventieth and final entry in the 1982 Philadelphia cud census covered by this batch, CU-1C-1982-70 on the Zinc Small Date subtype brings the documented total to a number that would have seemed implausible when the census was first established. Seventy unique die rim failures for a single date and mint — each individually confirmed through positional comparison against every preceding entry — represents an investment of thousands of collective hours by the searchers, submitters, and verifiers who sustain the Cuds on Coins registry. The Zinc Small Date cent, at 2.5 grams with compact date numerals, occupies the newest corner of the 1982 variety matrix: post-transition composition with the later date punch, a combination that embodies the full extent of the changes Philadelphia implemented during this landmark year. As the census continues to grow beyond seventy entries, it reinforces the lesson that high-volume coinage from a complex production year can generate an error population of extraordinary breadth — one that collectors are still exploring more than four decades after the coins left the press. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Chuck Newman
• CU-1C-1982-70
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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