CU-1C-1826-02 Cud

Description

Second documented cud for the 1826 Matron Head Coronet Head Cent, this variety records die rim failure from the era when Philadelphia was the sole federal coinage facility. The Matron Head design, a variation of the Coronet Head type that served on the large cent from 1816 through 1839, features Liberty wearing a coronet inscribed with LIBERTY, with the denomination expressed as ONE CENT within a wreath on the reverse. A cud forms when a section of the die rim fractures and the broken piece separates entirely, creating a cavity that fills with metal during striking to produce a raised featureless mass at the coin's edge. Large cents of this period were struck on copper planchets roughly the diameter of a modern quarter, and the soft copper combined with the force required to fully strike the design subjected dies to considerable stress. A second cataloged cud for 1826 confirms that multiple dies experienced rim fractures during that year's production run, each representing an independent failure on a separate working die. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins, CU-1C-1826-02 documents die deterioration during the middle years of the Coronet Head large cent series.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Friscomint1793 on eBay
• CU-1C-1826-02
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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