1982 (P) Lincoln Memorial Cent - Bronze Large Date - CU-1c-1982-40(LD) Cud

Description

Paired with its zinc counterpart at census number CU-1c-1982-40(LD), this bronze specimen at 3.1 grams on the heavier 95% copper alloy with the wider large date numerals captures the same die fracture on the pre-transition planchet composition. The fortieth subtype-specific entry continues a pattern visible throughout the higher census numbers: die breaks that likely originated during bronze production and persisted into the zinc production window, or vice versa, creating the paired documentation that has become the organizational backbone of the 1982 Philadelphia cud catalog. Each pair represents not just a die break but a production timeline — the fractured die necessarily operated during the overlap interval when both planchet compositions were being fed to the same press lines. On this bronze planchet, the interior cud's fill material is the homogeneous copper-zinc alloy that characterizes every pre-transition cent, producing a warm-toned raised plateau materially identical to the coin's surrounding design surfaces. Without independent cross-references, identification relies exclusively on the Cuds on Coins census designation and its associated positional documentation. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

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