CU-5c-1967-02 Cud

Description

Documented as CU-5c-1967-02 by Cuds on Coins with the Jefferson Nickel Cud cross-reference JNC-67-7, this 1967 Jefferson Nickel displays a cud error. The 1967 date marks the final year of the mint-mark-free period instituted in 1965, meaning this is among the last Jefferson Nickels produced without a mint mark identifier. Mint marks returned to coinage in 1968, making the 1965-1967 window a distinct and finite collecting category. The JNC-67-7 designation places this within the established numbering sequence for Jefferson Nickel cuds, a specialized catalog that assigns sequential numbers to documented cud varieties organized by date. Cuds are prized by error collectors because they represent catastrophic die failures that are immediately visible without magnification. The broken die section that produces a cud typically results in the die being pulled from service relatively quickly once quality control identifies the defect, which naturally limits the number of coins struck from the damaged die before it is replaced.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Fred Weinberg
• Cross reference number: JNC-67-7.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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