CU-1C-1986-14 Cud

Description

Visual appeal plays a significant role in the market for cuds, and CU-1C-1986-14 on the 1986 Philadelphia Lincoln Memorial cent, like all cud varieties, derives part of its collector interest from the aesthetic impact of the die break. Among error coin collectors, cuds occupy a unique position: they are simultaneously evidence of manufacturing failure and objects with their own visual character. A cud that dramatically interrupts Lincoln's portrait — splitting the face or obliterating the motto — creates a startling visual that many collectors find compelling. Conversely, a small cud tucked near the rim at a point far from major design elements may go unnoticed without magnification. The position, size, shape, and degree of design disruption all contribute to what dealers and collectors informally call "eye appeal," a subjective but market-relevant quality that can cause two cuds of comparable rarity to trade at significantly different prices. Some collectors specifically seek cuds that create humorous or striking visual effects — a break that appears to give Lincoln a hat, for instance, or one that isolates a single word of the motto. CU-1C-1986-14 is the fourteenth cataloged die break for the 1986 Philadelphia date. Struck on copper-plated zinc planchets at 2.5 grams and 19mm.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Peter Lukic
• CU-1C-1986-14
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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