CU-1C-1969S-09 Cud

Description

Bearing dual cross-references — CU-1C-1969S-09 in the Cuds on Coins census and LC-69S-3 in an alternative cataloging system, with the combined notation CU-1c-1969S-09 confirmed on November 8, 2017 — this cud on the 1969-S Lincoln Memorial cent benefits from independent verification across multiple attribution sources. The LC-69S-3 designation connects this variety to a parallel documentation effort that catalogs Lincoln cent cuds using a different organizational framework, providing collectors with redundant identification pathways. Such cross-referencing strengthens confidence in attribution because each independent cataloger examines different specimens and applies their own diagnostic criteria, and agreement between systems confirms that the same die is being identified. As the ninth overall cud documented for the 1969-S date, CU-1C-1969S-09 demonstrates the extent of die breakage that occurred during San Francisco's production run — nine distinct dies developing terminal failures significant enough to attract collector attention and earn formal catalog listings. The 11/08/2017 confirmation date establishes a timeline for the variety's documentation history, indicating either initial discovery or cross-reference verification occurring nearly five decades after the coins were originally struck. This long interval between production and formal attribution is typical for Lincoln cent die varieties, many of which circulated unnoticed for decades before the growth of organized variety collecting communities brought systematic examination to common-date coinage.

Attribution History

• CU-1C-1969S-09; LC-69S-3 & CU-1c-1969S-09. 11/08/2017.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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