RDC-1c-1909-01 Cud

Description

Carrying dual cross-references — LC-09VDB-2R in the Lincoln Cent cud registry and RDC-1c-1909-01 V.D.B. — this cud variety appears on the 1909 VDB Lincoln Wheat Cent. The 1909 VDB was the inaugural Lincoln cent designed by Victor David Brenner, whose prominent reverse initials sparked public controversy that led the Mint to remove them after a brief production run, creating one of the most recognized key dates in American numismatics. A cud on the 1909 VDB carries particular significance because the host coin is independently collectible as a first-year type and a condition rarity, meaning the cud variety intersects two collecting communities — die failure specialists and Lincoln cent date collectors. The LC-09VDB-2R cross-reference places this as the second cataloged reverse cud for the 1909 VDB date. Die cuds form when a section of working die steel fractures and detaches during production, leaving a cavity that fills with coin metal on subsequent strikes. The combination of key-date status, first-year design significance, and documented die failure makes this variety a notable convergence piece.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Fred Weinberg
• Cross reference number: LC-09VDB-2R, SEE; RDC-1c-1909-01 V.D.B.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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