CU-1c-1982-24(LD) Cud

Description

Closing this batch as the twenty-fourth subtype-specific Large Date entry, CU-1c-1982-24(LD) on the Bronze Large Date at 3.1 grams in the 95% copper alloy brings the combined subtype-specific cud census for the 1982 Philadelphia cent to an extraordinary depth. Across batches 73 and 74, the subtype-specific catalog has documented entries from CU-1c-1982-01 through -24, covering all four Philadelphia subtypes with particular concentration in the Large Date series that dominates both bronze and zinc production. This bronze entry serves as the batch's penultimate record, and its position near the end of a thirty-entry run underscores the sustained effort required to build a catalog of this scale — each die fracture individually discovered, photographed, submitted, and verified against the entire existing reference collection before receiving its census number. The Bronze Large Date's role as the most prolific subtype ensures it will continue to yield new cud discoveries as long as unsearched 1982 cents remain in circulation, bank vaults, and collector accumulations. On this specimen, the interior cud's featureless plateau of solid copper alloy stands as a final-era artifact from the denomination's original composition. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Chuck Newman
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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