1974 (D) Lincoln Memorial Cent - CU-1C-1974D-08 Cud

Description

CU-1C-1974D-08 is a cud on the 1974-D Lincoln Memorial cent. This breadth of documentation provides numismatic researchers with a valuable dataset for understanding the frequency and distribution of rim failures across a large population of dies operated under industrial production conditions. CU-1C-1974D-08 documents a die whose rim steel fractured at a specific angular position around its circumference, producing the classic cud presentation: a raised, design-free mass of metal projecting from the coin's rim where planchet metal flowed into the void left by the missing die segment. The coin's remaining design elements — those outside the break zone — appear normal, struck from the intact portions of the die pair. This juxtaposition of normal design and featureless raised metal is the hallmark visual characteristic of a cud, immediately distinguishable from other rim anomalies such as die cracks (which produce fine raised lines) or broadstrikes (which affect the entire rim circumference).

Cross References

• CU-1C-1974D-08

External References