1974 (D) Lincoln Memorial Cent - CU-1C-1974D-13 Cud

Description

CU-1C-1974D-13 is cataloged by the Cuds on Coins team with the cross-reference notation "number: none," indicating that no alternative catalog numbers from other attribution services have been assigned to this variety. Each die pair endured hundreds of thousands of high-pressure striking cycles, and the probability that at least some dies would develop terminal rim fractures was virtually certain at this scale of production. CU-1C-1974D-13 documents the thirteenth such failure to be submitted and formally cataloged, though additional uncataloged cud specimens from different 1974-D dies may exist in collections without having been formally reported to an attribution service. The cud itself presents the standard diagnostic features: a raised, formless mass of metal at the coin's rim where die steel separated and left an open cavity, with the adjacent design elements struck normally from the intact portions of the die.

Cross References

• CU-1C-1974D-13; number: none.

External References