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1982 P Lincoln Cent Cud - My First One In Circulation!

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 Posted 01/13/2017  5:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinCollector2000 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Cuds are a bit more common on nickels then other coins due to the fact that nickel is harder than copper


Maybe I should start hunting nickels then. I love Cuds
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due to the fact that nickel is harder than copper


The actual difference between the hardness of 1c and 5c is quite minimal and not significant:
1c Hardness Range is 62-72
5c Hardness Range is 60-69

Source:
ALTERNATIVE METALS STUDY
Contract Number: TM-HQ-11-C-0049
FINAL REPORT
August 31, 2012
Submitted to: United States Mint 801 Ninth Street, NW Washington, DC 20220
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For me the highest probability coin for finding a Cud has been on the quarter, then the cent and then the nickel. I find one Cud in about every 10,000 quarters, maybe one in every 100,000 cents and I don't know for nickels because I have only found a few on nickels out of a gazillion searched. I have found more struck with split dies on nickels than Cuds. I figured the nickel was harder and therefore I would find more Cuds. Somehow that has not been the case for me at all. Still Lookin
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I think besides the hardnass, the size of the coin and the quantity minted for a particular denomination determines the numbers of Cuds denomination wise. Here's an 83-P I found in a bank roll.


1982-P-Lincoln-Cent-Cud---My-First-One-In-Circulation!
Please pardon the picture, it was the first pic of a coin that I ever took.
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Sweet Cud!!
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Thanks Dustin. It knocked my socks off when I found it. Other than being a nickel, very similar to the OP's coin.
On second thought, maybe that's the one you're referring to, in which case I have already agreed.
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Man, that's one SWEET Cud, CM!
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Thanks CC2000. Us finding them in the wild makes em even sweeter.
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