CU-10c-1974D-01R Rim Cud

Description

Cataloged by Cuds on Coins as CU-10c-1974D-01R and entered into the database on June 29, 2023, this rim cud was struck at the Denver Mint on a 1974 Roosevelt Dime. A rim cud is a displaced field die break at the edge of the die, where a section of the die surface breaks away and the unsupported field metal flows into the void, producing a raised, unstruck blob adjacent to the rim. Rim cuds are distinguished from interior cuds by their position at the die's perimeter, where the thinnest cross-section of the die is most susceptible to fracture under repeated striking pressure. The Roosevelt Dime has been struck in clad composition — copper core bonded between outer layers of 75% copper/25% nickel — since 1965, and the 1974-D follows that standard. Denver Mint cuds on Roosevelt Dimes are documented across multiple dates and die positions, with Cuds on Coins maintaining the primary registry for this denomination. The CU-10c-1974D-01R catalog number encodes denomination, date, mint, and sequence within the Cuds on Coins system.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Marty Pfohl
• Cross reference number: none. 06/29/2023.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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