CU-1C-1985-18 Cud

Description

Cud collecting as a specialty within the broader error coin hobby has developed its own community, reference standards, and market conventions. CU-1C-1985-18 on the 1985 Philadelphia Lincoln Memorial cent belongs to a collecting discipline where enthusiasts pursue cuds across all denominations, dates, and mints — building reference collections organized by denomination, by date, by position on the coin, or by cud size. The Cuds on Coins website and catalog serve as the central registry, providing standardized numbering that enables collectors worldwide to communicate precisely about specific varieties. Cud specialists often focus on particular denominations where die failures are most extensively documented — Lincoln cents, being the highest-volume U.S. coin produced, offer the deepest catalog of documented cuds. Some collectors pursue complete date runs of cuds for a specific denomination, attempting to acquire at least one cud from each year of production. Others focus on cuds from a single year, assembling every cataloged variety for that date. The 1985 Philadelphia date, with its 30 documented cuds, offers sufficient depth for a meaningful single-year collection while remaining achievable, unlike years with only one or two known examples. Struck on copper-plated zinc planchets at 2.5 grams and 19mm from the 1985 mintage of approximately 5.65 billion cents.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Geoffrey Noe
• CU-1C-1985-18
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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