CU-10c-1964D-01 Cud

Description

Final year of silver dime production yielded this first documented cud on the 1964 Denver Roosevelt Dime, cross-referenced as RDC-64D-1B in the Roosevelt Dime Cuds reference system. The 1964-D date occupies a unique position in American numismatic history: Denver struck a staggering 1,357,517,180 Roosevelt Dimes that year as the Treasury Department raced to build silver coin stockpiles before the composition change took effect. This frantic production pace — driven by Congressional authorization of record mintages to combat coin shortages caused by silver hoarding — placed enormous stress on die inventories, accelerating wear and increasing the likelihood of die failures including cuds. The dual cross-referencing between the Cuds on Coins system (CU-10c-1964D-01) and the Roosevelt Dime Cuds system (RDC-64D-1B) provides collectors with two independent catalog numbers for verification. Silver dime cuds from 1964 carry particular collector appeal because they represent the intersection of two collecting specialties: die break error collecting and silver composition type collecting. The "B" suffix in RDC-64D-1B may indicate a specific die state or sub-variety within the broader 64D-1 classification. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins, CU-10c-1964D-01 documents a die failure from the most prolific single year of silver dime manufacturing in United States Mint history.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Fred Weinberg
• Cross reference number: RDC-64D-1B
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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