1996 (D) Lincoln Memorial Cent - CU-1C-1996D-05 Cud

Description

Five cuds for the 1996 Denver Lincoln Memorial Cent establish this date as one of the more prolific mid-1990s sources of die break varieties. Denver's high-speed presses subjected each die to thousands of strikes per hour, and this fifth cud represents another instance where cumulative stress fractured the rim. The detached section left a void that filled with copper-plated zinc planchet metal. Automated quality control was standard by 1996, yet rim failures remained an inevitable consequence of high-speed production physics. Cross-referenced as CU-1C-1996D-05, cataloged by Cuds on Coins.

Cross References

• CU-1C-1996D-05

External References