1847 Braided Hair Coronet Head Cent - CU-1c-1847-01R & 02R Rim Cud

Description

Cuds on Coins lists CU-1C-1847-01R and 02R together as one entry, reverse rim cuds on the 1847 Braided Hair Coronet Head Cent. Philadelphia's sole mint facility struck 6,183,669 large cents in 1847, the ninth year of Christian Gobrecht's Braided Hair design that would continue through 1857 — the final year of large cent production in the United States. Cross-referenced as CU-1C-1847-01R by Cuds on Coins, this variety records the loss of part of a reverse die's rim gutter, which appears on the coin as a raised interruption in the design rim that tracks the rim's course. Large cents of this era were struck on 28mm copper planchets weighing approximately 10.89 grams, and the combination of soft planchet metal and hard (but brittle) die steel created conditions where rim fractures could produce particularly well-defined cuds.

Cross References

• CU-1C-1847-01R

External References