CU-1C-2000-04 Cud

Description

Marking the transition into Y2K-era coinage, CU-1C-2000-04 documents the fourth cud error recorded for the 2000 Philadelphia Mint Lincoln Memorial Cent, continuing the pattern of rim-adjacent die failures that typified the high-volume cent production of this period. The year 2000 saw Philadelphia produce approximately 5.5 billion cents, maintaining the enormous output levels that had characterized the late 1990s and ensuring continued die attrition across the production run. When a section of die steel separates at the rim, every subsequent coin struck by that damaged die receives a raised featureless mass at the corresponding location — a diagnostic that makes cuds among the most immediately recognizable error types for both novice and experienced collectors. The CU-1C-2000-04 designation follows the Cuds on Coins catalog framework, where sequential numbering within each year tracks the order of documentation rather than the order of production. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins, this variety contributes to the running census of Lincoln Memorial Cent die breaks that spans the series from 1959 through 2008, documenting the mechanical limits of die steel under industrial-scale striking operations.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Ed Burrell
• CU-1C-2000-04
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

External References