CU-50c-1995P-02R Rim Cud

Description

Cataloged by Cuds on Coins as CU-50c-1995P-02R with a cross-reference date of October 4, 2018, this 1995 Philadelphia Kennedy Half Dollar exhibits a rim cud — a major die break variety where a segment of the die at the rim fractured and separated, leaving a raised featureless area at the coin's edge where the missing die fragment could no longer impart design detail. The R suffix in the catalog designation indicates this cud appears on the reverse of Gilroy Roberts's Kennedy Half Dollar, affecting the heraldic eagle design by Frank Gasparro. Rim cuds on Kennedy Half Dollars are less commonly encountered than on smaller denominations like cents and nickels because the half dollar's larger die face distributes striking pressure more evenly, and the larger planchet area means rim stress concentrations are proportionally lower. The 1995-P Kennedy Half Dollar was struck at the Philadelphia Mint in copper-nickel clad composition (outer layers of 75% copper, 25% nickel bonded to a pure copper core) at 11.34 grams on 30.6mm planchets. No additional cross-references to other attribution systems have been established beyond the Cuds on Coins catalog. Rim cuds are among the most visually dramatic die break varieties, creating an unmistakable raised blob that interrupts the normal rim, denticle, and design pattern, making them easily identifiable even without magnification and highly sought by error coin collectors.

Attribution History

• CU-50c-1995P-02R; number: none. 10/04/2018.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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