CU-1C-1981-09 Cud

Description

Ninth in the sequence, CU-1C-1981-09 marks the point where the 1981 Philadelphia cud census approaches double digits — a threshold that relatively few modern cent dates achieve without the convergence of heavy production, aggressive die utilization, and decades of sustained collector searching. The cud itself — a raised, detail-free area on the struck coin — corresponds precisely to the missing die rim segment, and because the fragment's separation is permanent, all coins struck from that die after the break event carry an essentially identical error. This repeatability is what allows attribution: a collector can compare a candidate coin's cud position against published images and positional data for CU-1C-1981-09 and confirm or reject the match with confidence. The 1981 Philadelphia cent was the last full production year for the copper alloy Lincoln cent, struck from 95% copper planchets weighing 3.1 grams and bearing the P mintmark introduced on the denomination in 1980. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Keynumis on ebay
• CU-1C-1981-09
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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