CU-1c-1982-38(LD) Cud

Description

Closing out this census range, the zinc counterpart of CU-1c-1982-38(LD) at 2.5 grams on the copper-plated zinc planchet with the wider large date numerals closes a thirty-entry survey spanning census numbers CU-1c-1982-25 through -38. Across these fourteen census numbers — yielding thirty individual entries through the paired documentation of most die breaks on both bronze and zinc planchets, plus the four-entry die state split at CU-35A/35B — the subtype-specific catalog has documented a remarkable cross-section of die failure types: interior cuds that displace portrait and legend elements, rim cuds confined to the peripheral die-collar interface, cross-referenced entries verified by independent attribution systems, and the progressive die state split that captured a single fracture's deterioration across two distinct catalog entries. The zinc planchet that hosts this final entry represents the composition that would define the Lincoln cent for every subsequent year, and its 2.5-gram weight — a full 0.6 grams lighter than the bronze version — remains the primary physical diagnostic for separating paired entries without resort to destructive testing. Together with the preceding twenty-nine entries, this specimen completes a systematic record of die failure on the 1982 Philadelphia cent that continues to deepen with each new census number confirmed. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Fred Weinberg
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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