CU-1C-1847-07 Rim Cud

Description

Seventh rim cud on the 1847 Braided Hair Coronet Head Cent, CU-1C-1847-07 deepens the already substantial cud census for this date to seven documented rim breaks. The 1847 large cent was produced during a transitional period in Philadelphia Mint operations: the introduction of steam-powered coining presses was underway, though exact implementation timelines varied by denomination, and the large cent's heavy planchet imposed particular demands on press capacity regardless of power source. Philadelphia struck 6,183,669 large cents in 1847, a volume that required extensive die usage and generated the statistical conditions for multiple rim failures across the die population. Christian Gobrecht's Braided Hair obverse, featuring Liberty's portrait surrounded by thirteen stars within a beaded border, created a die with intricate peripheral details that concentrated stress at the rim zone during each impression. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins under cross-reference CU-1C-1847-07, this variety extends the 1847 cud count to one of the highest for any single Braided Hair date. The consistency of rim cud production across the 1847 die output — seven documented breaks — provides evidence that the die steel and preparation methods used during this production year were systematically prone to peripheral fracture, whether from metallurgical composition, heat treatment protocols, or the mechanical stresses of the specific presses assigned to large cent production during this period.

Attribution History

• CU-1C-1847-07
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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