CU-1c-1972-02 Rim Cud

Description

Attributed on February 4, 2019, by the Cuds on Coins team, CU-1c-1972-02 is the second documented rim cud variety for the 1972 Philadelphia Lincoln Memorial cent. No cross-references to external attribution services have been established. The nearly five-month gap between the attribution of CU-1c-1972-01 (September 2018) and this second entry (February 2019) reflects the typical pace at which new cud discoveries are submitted and documented for well-studied dates. Each rim cud originates from a unique die that suffered peripheral edge failure at a specific location and in a specific manner — meaning the resulting raised mass on struck coins occupies a distinctive position along the rim, covers a particular angular arc, and displays a characteristic profile that separates it from all other documented cuds for the same date. The 1972 Philadelphia mintage, estimated at approximately 2.93 billion coins, required an enormous number of dies over the production year, and a small but consistent percentage of those dies would have developed edge failures before retirement. CU-1c-1972-02 documents one such failure, preserving the evidence of a specific die's terminal event in the numismatic record. For collectors building specialized cud collections organized by date and denomination, the 1972 Philadelphia cents offer a modest but meaningful set of documented varieties that complement the date's fame for doubled die varieties.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Keith Christenson
• Cross reference: none. 02/04/2019.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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