1978 (D) Lincoln Memorial Cent - CU-1C-1978D-06 Cud
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Description
Skipping past catalog position five, CU-1C-1978D-06 is cataloged by Cuds on Coins as the sixth documented rim break on 1978 Denver Mint Lincoln Memorial cents. Regardless of the numbering, CU-1C-1978D-06 represents a confirmed cud variety: a coin struck by a die that had lost a fragment of rim steel to fatigue fracture, producing a raised, amorphous mass of extruded copper at the location of the missing segment. Terminal rim fractures were an inevitable consequence of running dies through hundreds of thousands of strikes, and CU-1C-1978D-06 documents one such failure event. The variety's unique break geometry — its position on the die circumference, the size of the separated fragment, and the specific design elements affected — provides the diagnostic criteria for attribution. All 1978-D cents were struck from 95% copper planchets and carry Denver's hand-punched mintmark. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.
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- CU-1C-1978D-06
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