CU-500c(Au)-1853C-01 Rim Cud
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Description
An exceptionally rare 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 one of the nation's smallest branch mints. Charlotte (mint mark C) operated from 1838 to 1861, producing gold coins exclusively for the region's mining economy in the North Carolina foothills. Cuds — raised, featureless blobs of metal created when a piece of the die rim breaks away — are uncommon on any denomination but are extraordinarily rare on gold coins, where the Mint exercised greater quality control and retired dies earlier due to the high intrinsic value of each planchet. The Liberty Head Half Eagle series ran from 1839 through 1908, making it one of the longest-lived designs in American coinage. Charlotte Mint gold coins are prized by collectors for their low mintages and historical association with the antebellum South, and a cud error on an 1853-C half eagle represents a convergence of branch mint scarcity and die failure rarity.
Attribution History
- Discovered by Guerrettes (eBay)
- Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins
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