CU-1c-1982-40(LD) Cud

Description

Reaching the fortieth census number in the subtype-specific series, CU-1c-1982-40(LD) on the Zinc Large Date at 2.5 grams represents a milestone in the catalog's documentation of Large Date die failures. By this depth in the census, each newly confirmed fracture must be differentiated not only from the thirty-nine preceding entries but also from any known die state progressions that might produce superficially similar break geometries at slightly different angular positions on the die face. The verification burden grows with every addition: overlay comparisons against high-resolution reference photographs from the full existing catalog become increasingly time-intensive as the number of potential matches expands. On the copper-plated zinc planchet with the wider large date numerals, this interior cud fills the fractured die region with layered zinc-core material whose surface copper coating gives it the familiar Lincoln cent appearance despite the fundamentally different internal metallurgy compared to pre-transition bronze strikes. The absence of independent cross-references for this census number means the Cuds on Coins designation remains the sole published attribution pathway. Attribution by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by recclm50 on ebay
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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