CU-1C-1847-08 Rim Cud

Description

Eighth rim cud on the 1847 Braided Hair Coronet Head Cent, CU-1C-1847-08 establishes this date as one of the most prolific sources of rim break documentation in the entire Braided Hair series. Eight cataloged cuds on a single date represents an extraordinary accumulation of die failure evidence, indicating that the 1847 die production and usage cycle was particularly prone to peripheral fracture — whether from die steel composition, striking force calibration, or the sheer number of die pairs employed to strike the 6,183,669 cents recorded for the year. The progression from CU-1C-1847-01 through -08 creates an eight-point dataset for studying rim cud distribution across the 1847 die population, though without clock-position data for each cud, directional analysis of fracture patterns remains limited. Christian Gobrecht's Braided Hair design had been the standard large cent obverse for eight years by 1847, and the deeply incised thirteen stars surrounding Liberty's portrait created stress risers at regular intervals around the die rim. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins under cross-reference CU-1C-1847-08, this variety caps the known cud sequence for the date. The large cent denomination, with its heavy copper planchet and broad striking surface, generated proportionally more cuds per die than smaller denominations, and the 1847 date's eight-cud census illustrates this relationship between planchet size, striking force, and die rim durability during the final decade of large cent production in the United States.

Attribution History

• CU-1C-1847-08
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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