CU-1C-1975-03 Cud

Description

Skipping past position 02 in the catalog sequence, CU-1C-1975-03 is the third documented cud for the 1975 Philadelphia Mint Lincoln Memorial cent. The gap at position 02 may indicate a variety cataloged in a separate batch, a reserved number, or a retracted attribution. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins without additional cross-reference numbers, this variety documents another complete rim fracture on a Philadelphia die used during the 1975 production year. Every cud in the catalog represents a unique event: a specific die developing a specific fracture at a specific circumferential position, and the coins struck from that die before its removal carry the permanent record of that failure in the form of a raised, amorphous blob at the rim. The Philadelphia Mint's prodigious 1975 output of cents — all struck without a mint mark — required continuous die rotation across multiple press lines, and the probability of rim failure scaled directly with the total number of dies placed into service. CU-1C-1975-03 adds to the documented evidence that Philadelphia's die inventory experienced measurable attrition during this production year, a pattern consistent with the high-volume manufacturing reality of mid-1970s cent production. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by David Slaughter
• CU-1C-1975-03
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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