CU-1c-1982-13(LD) Cud

Description

Paired with its zinc counterpart under census number CU-1c-1982-13(LD), this interior cud on the Bronze Large Date records the same die break on the heavier 95% copper alloy at 3.1 grams with the wider large date numerals. On the bronze planchet, the displaced metal filling the die void is solid copper-zinc alloy throughout — no plating boundary, no compositional layering — which produces a uniformly warm surface across the cud's featureless raised plateau that matches the surrounding design field's reddish tone. This visual continuity can sometimes make bronze cuds less immediately obvious to the casual observer than their zinc counterparts, where the copper plating may thin or behave differently over the cud's raised surface. The Bronze Large Date's role as the first and longest-running 1982 Philadelphia configuration means that bronze entries in the subtype-specific catalog often represent dies from the earlier portion of the transition timeline — dies that began service on bronze planchets and, in the case of paired entries like this one, continued operating long enough to also strike zinc blanks when the new planchet supply arrived. Each paired bronze entry thus marks the starting composition for a die whose full working life is documented across both alloy types. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Jared Unger
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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