1974 (D) Lincoln Memorial Cent - CU-1C-1974D-18 Cud

Description

Listed as CU-1C-1974D-18 by Cuds on Coins, this cud variety skips past number 17 in the 1974-D Denver Mint cud census, reflecting either a gap in the catalog sequence or a retracted attribution at that position. A cud is a major die break error in which a fragment of die steel separates completely from the rim, creating a void that fills with planchet metal during the striking process. The result is a raised, featureless blob along the affected section of the coin's edge. This prodigious output required rotating through an enormous inventory of dies, and the natural endpoint for many of those dies was some form of structural failure — whether interior cracks, rim breaks, or complete die shattering. The eighteen documented cud positions for 1974-D represent only the failures that were detected by collectors, submitted to attribution services, and formally cataloged; additional uncatalogued examples may exist in collections without having been reported. For the error specialist building a comprehensive 1974-D cud type set, CU-1C-1974D-18 is one of the higher-numbered entries and may represent a die that served later in the production year's timeline, though the catalog numbering does not necessarily correspond to chronological order of die use. Attribution requires matching the break's geometry and position to the Cuds on Coins reference record.

Cross References

• CU-1C-1974D-18

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