CU-1C-1980-25 Cud

Description

Quarter-century mark in the census: CU-1C-1980-25 is the twenty-fifth confirmed cud variety for the 1980 Philadelphia Lincoln Memorial cent, a number that few individual date-and-mint combinations achieve in the Cuds on Coins database. Reaching twenty-five distinct die breaks for a single issue underscores the combination of massive mintage, aggressive die utilization, and decades of persistent collector searching that defines the 1980-P cent in the error coin world. Each new entry at this census depth represents a die whose specific fracture pattern was carefully demonstrated to differ from twenty-four prior cataloged breaks — a non-trivial analytical exercise that requires detailed photographic documentation and precise positional measurement. CU-1C-1980-25 met these standards and was assigned its census number accordingly. The coin was struck from the standard 95% copper, 5% zinc alloy at the Philadelphia Mint and bears the P mintmark that appeared on the cent denomination for the first time in 1980, making it immediately distinguishable from earlier Philadelphia cents. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Trent Haskell
• CU-1C-1980-25
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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