1982 (P) Lincoln Memorial Cent - Bronze Large Date - CU-1c-1982-55(LD) Cud

Description

Advancing past the midpoint of the fifties in the subtype-specific series, CU-1c-1982-55(LD) on the Bronze Large Date at 3.1 grams continues the dominant Large Date presence that has characterized the upper census numbers since the thirties. The sustained density of Large Date entries at this depth reflects the sheer volume of dies that Philadelphia dedicated to this configuration — the first to enter production in 1982 and the last bronze variety to yield to the zinc transition. Each new die fracture documented at census number fifty-five must be differentiated from the full inventory of previously cataloged Large Date cuds, a verification task whose complexity scales with every addition to the catalog. On the bronze planchet with the wider date numerals, the solid copper-zinc alloy produces an interior cud whose raised featureless plateau is materially indistinguishable from the surrounding design field, creating a unified surface that develops patina uniformly across both the cud region and the adjacent undisturbed areas. Without independent cross-references from external attribution frameworks, this entry's identification rests solely on the Cuds on Coins census documentation and its associated positional photography. The bronze composition at 3.1 grams confirms the pre-transition alloy without ambiguity. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Cross References

• Cross reference: none. 10/10/2016.

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