CU-1c-1982-15(LD) Cud

Description

Fifteenth in the subtype-specific Large Date series, CU-1c-1982-15(LD) on the Bronze Large Date subtype pushes this catalog segment into its mid-teens — a count that, combined with the sequential numbering entries already documented, gives the Bronze Large Date the deepest cud coverage of any 1982 Philadelphia subtype. This dominance is expected: the Bronze Large Date consumed the most working dies because it ran first and longest, using the default tooling carried forward from 1981 without requiring any punch changes or planchet specification adjustments. Every additional die that entered service represented another opportunity for the rim fractures that produce cuds, and the sheer volume of Bronze Large Date dies that cycled through Philadelphia's presses in the first months of 1982 created a statistical inevitability that many would develop terminal breaks. On this 3.1-gram specimen, the interior cud's raised plateau displays the characteristic flat, shelf-like profile that distinguishes genuine die breaks from the irregular contours of post-strike damage — a diagnostic feature that verifiers at the Cuds on Coins registry rely on when evaluating candidate submissions against the growing reference library. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Steve Young
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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