CU-50c-1990D-01 Cud

Description

Produced at the Denver Mint, this 1990-D Kennedy Half Dollar cud variety CU-50c-1990D-01 documents a die rim fracture on a denomination that sees relatively few documented cud errors compared to the cent and quarter series. The lower production volumes of Kennedy Half Dollars — particularly by the 1990s, when the denomination had largely disappeared from everyday commerce — meant fewer dies in operation and correspondingly fewer opportunities for the rim fractures that produce cuds. When a cud does occur, the mechanics are identical across denominations: a fragment of the die rim separates under cumulative striking pressure, and subsequent coins carry a raised blob of metal where the planchet flowed into the void left by the missing piece. The 1990-D was struck in clad copper-nickel composition at Denver, bearing Gilroy Roberts's obverse portrait and Frank Gasparro's presidential seal reverse. Attributed by Cuds on Coins under catalog number CU-50c-1990D-01, this variety is the sole documented cud for the 1990 Denver half dollar. Denver Mint cud varieties on Kennedy Halves represent an uncommon intersection of denomination, mint, and error type that appeals to specialists.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Fred Weinberg
• CU-50c-1990D-01; number: none.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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