RCD-1c-1803-01R Retained Cud

Description

This dual-interest collectible combines a retained cud die break with a merchant counterstamp on an 1803 Draped Bust Large Cent. The Brunk S-335 catalog designation identifies the counterstamp as belonging to J.L. Shaw of Boston — a merchant who stamped his name directly onto circulating coins as an advertising practice common in early America. The retained cud formed when a section of the die rim fractured but remained partially attached rather than falling away completely, producing a raised distorted area along the coin's edge. The "R" suffix indicates this retained cud appears on the reverse. The 1803 Draped Bust Cent features the classic Robert Scot obverse design of Liberty with flowing hair and a heraldic wreath reverse, struck in pure copper at the Philadelphia Mint. Collectors of both die varieties and counterstamped coins find this type of dual-attribution piece especially appealing, as it documents both a production anomaly and a chapter of post-Mint commercial history on a single coin. No additional cross-references have been recorded.

Attribution History

• Cross reference: RCD-1c-1803-01R.

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