CU-10c-1990P-03R Cud

Description

Documenting the third reverse cud for the 1990 Philadelphia Mint Roosevelt Dime, this variety records a die rim failure where a broken fragment of the reverse die separated during production. The cavity left by the missing die fragment filled with metal on each subsequent strike, creating the raised blank area on the coin's rim that characterizes a cud. Multiple cuds from a single date reflect the demanding production environment of the early 1990s, when Philadelphia maintained high output to keep dimes flowing into circulation. The CU-10c-1990P-03R catalog code follows the standardized format used by Cuds on Coins — denomination, year and mint, sequence number, and die side. Roosevelt Dimes from the 1990 production year were struck in the copper-nickel clad composition standard since 1965, with a pure copper core bonded between outer layers of 75% copper and 25% nickel. Cud collectors prize specimens where the raised area is well-defined and the surrounding design elements remain sharp, as this indicates the cud formed relatively early in the die's remaining service life after the fracture occurred.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Sullivannumismat on ebay
• Cross reference: none. 10/01/2013.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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