1982 (P) Lincoln Memorial Cent - Bronze Large Date - CU-1c-1982-46(LD) Cud

Description

Advancing further into the upper forties, CU-1c-1982-46(LD) on the Bronze Large Date at 3.1 grams continues the systematic documentation of die failures on what remains the most heavily cataloged 1982 Philadelphia subtype. Each successive census number at this depth represents not merely another die break but a triumph of persistence by the searchers who identified it — distinguishing a previously uncataloged fracture from forty-five existing entries requires precise angular measurement against the die face's fixed design elements and careful comparison with every previously documented break geometry. The bronze planchet's 95% copper composition fills the fractured die void with warm-toned alloy whose surface develops the natural brown oxidation characteristic of early-1980s copper cents, and the wider large date numerals provide the visual subtype confirmation needed to assign this specimen correctly within the parenthetical (LD) designation system. The interior cud displaces whatever design elements occupied the fracture zone — whether Lincoln's portrait, the legend lettering, or the date region — replacing them with a smooth raised plateau whose boundaries map the shape of the detached die fragment. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

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