CU-1C-1975-07 Rim Cud

Description

Closing out this batch's coverage of the 1975 Philadelphia cud catalog, CU-1C-1975-07 is the seventh documented rim cud on Philadelphia Mint Lincoln Memorial cents from this date. Titled as a "Rim Cud" in its original listing, this variety carries the explicit designation that the break occurred at the die's periphery. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins without additional cross-reference numbers, CU-1C-1975-07 extends the Philadelphia 1975 census to seven confirmed entries — a count that rivals the Denver Mint's twelve-entry catalog for the same year and reflects the comparable production volumes at both facilities. The Philadelphia Mint struck its 1975 cents without a mint mark, and the enormous output placed continuous mechanical demands on the die inventory that inevitably pushed some percentage of dies past their structural limits. Rim cuds from the Philadelphia 1975 date entered circulation alongside billions of normal cents, and examples can still surface through roll searching, bank bag hunting, and estate finds — though specific cud varieties require careful positional matching against the Cuds on Coins reference record to distinguish them from the other six documented breaks. Collectors should note that seven cuds for a single Philadelphia date places the 1975 cent among the better-documented dates for rim break errors in the Lincoln Memorial cent series. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by David Slaughter
• CU-1C-1975-07
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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