CU-1c-1919S-06R Rim Cud

Description

Struck at the San Francisco Mint, this 1919-S Lincoln Wheat Cent carries a rim cud at position 06 on the reverse — a marginal die break where a section of the die's rim fractured and separated, leaving a raised, featureless lump of metal at the six-o'clock position on the coin's tail side. The "R" suffix in the catalog designation confirms the break occurs on the reverse die rather than the obverse. San Francisco produced 139.8 million Lincoln Cents in 1919, a healthy mintage that nonetheless trails the Philadelphia output significantly, and S-mint Wheat Cents from this era are generally scarcer in collector grades than their P-mint counterparts. Rim cuds on early Lincoln Cents reflect the mechanical stresses inherent in high-speed coinage production, where dies operating under tremendous tonnage develop fatigue cracks along their edges that eventually propagate into full breaks. Position 06 places the cud at the bottom of the reverse, an area where the wheat stalks and ONE CENT inscription converge and where die stress concentrations can be particularly acute. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins as CU-1c-1919S-06R.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Keith Christenson
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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