1982 (P) Lincoln Memorial Cent - Bronze Large Date - CU-1c-1982-57(LD) Cud

Description

Paired with its zinc counterpart, CU-1c-1982-57(LD) on the Bronze Large Date at 3.1 grams records the same die fracture on the heavier pre-transition alloy with the wider date numerals. The bronze member of each pair at this census depth inherits the full verification burden of its zinc twin — the same overlay comparisons, the same angular measurements, the same careful exclusion of all prior Large Date entries — while adding the compositional dimension that gives the 1982 census its distinctive paired architecture. On the solid 95% copper-zinc alloy planchet, the interior cud's raised plateau displays a warm metallic surface that has aged into the characteristic deep brown of early-1980s bronze cents, a patina that covers the cud region and the surrounding design field with equal uniformity. The fifty-seventh census position places this entry well past the initial wave of conspicuous discoveries that populated the catalog's lower numbers, into a region where each addition represents either a newly discovered fractured die or a previously known die break that had not been formally documented until a specimen reached the Cuds on Coins verification pipeline. Without independent cross-references, attribution relies on the census designation and its positional documentation. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

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