1853 (C) Liberty Head Half Eagle - CU-500c(Au)-1853C-01 Rim Cud
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A rim cud on an 1853 Charlotte Mint Liberty Head Half Eagle, CU-500c(Au)-1853C-01 documents a die break at the rim of a gold coin struck at the Charlotte branch mint. Charlotte (mint mark C) operated from 1838 to 1861, producing gold coins exclusively for the region's mining economy in the North Carolina foothills. Rim cuds — raised interruptions in the design rim left by the loss of part of the die's rim gutter — appear as a raised mass at the coin's rim. The Liberty Head Half Eagle series ran from 1839 through 1908.
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