CU-1C-1847-05R Rim Cud

Description

Fifth documented rim cud on the 1847 Braided Hair Coronet Head Cent, CU-1C-1847-05R falls at the midpoint of the nine total cuds cataloged for this date, contributing to the 1847's status as one of the most die-break-rich dates in the Braided Hair large cent series. Philadelphia struck 6,183,669 large cents in 1847 across an unknown number of die pairs, and the five rim cuds documented by this point in the catalog suggest that multiple dies experienced rim fractures during the year's production run. Cross-referenced as CU-1C-1847-05R by Cuds on Coins, the "05R" suffix places this fifth in the reverse cud sequence, maintaining the numerical ordering that allows researchers to track the growing body of documented die failures for this date. Christian Gobrecht's Braided Hair obverse, with its detailed coronet, braided hair arrangement, and surrounding thirteen stars, paired with the wreath reverse bearing ONE CENT within a laurel wreath, creates a design where rim breaks at different clock positions interact with different design elements — a cud near the date obscures numerals, one near the stars obliterates stellar detail, and one along the wreath affects the botanical framework. The 28mm diameter of the large cent, substantially bigger than the modern 19mm cent, meant each die had a proportionally larger rim area subject to fracture, and the copper planchet's malleability allowed broken die areas to produce particularly well-formed raised cud masses with clearly defined boundaries.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Friscomint1793 on eBay
• CU-1C-1847-05R
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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