1848 Braided Hair Coronet Head Cent - CU-1C-1848-01R Rim Cud

Description

CU-1C-1848-01R records a reverse die rim fracture on the 1848 Braided Hair Coronet Head Cent, a date that saw 6,415,799 large cents struck at the Philadelphia Mint — the only mint then striking cents, operating under Director Robert M. Patterson's oversight during the final decade of large cent production. Christian Gobrecht's Braided Hair design was by 1848 in its tenth year of production. The rim cud represents the loss of part of the reverse die's rim gutter, which appears on the coin as a raised interruption in the design rim that tracks the rim's course. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins with the primary cross-reference matching its own designation (CU-1C-1848-01R), no other attribution systems have independently cataloged this variety. Large cent rim cuds from the late 1840s survive in quantities sufficient for dedicated specialists to locate examples, though most show significant circulation wear from decades of commercial use in everyday transactions.

Cross References

• CU-1C-1848-01R

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