CU-1C-1919S-10 Rim Cud

Description

San Francisco played a distinctive role in early twentieth-century cent production, serving as the westernmost of the three active mints striking Lincoln Wheat cents. CU-1C-1919S-10, the tenth cataloged rim cud for the 1919-S cent, emerges from a facility that balanced dual responsibilities: striking domestic coinage and producing coins for Philippine and other Pacific-region circulation. The San Francisco Mint's geographic isolation from Philadelphia, where all working dies were manufactured, meant die shipments traveled by rail across the continent — a logistical reality that influenced how aggressively branch mints used their dies before requesting replacements. The 1919-S cent's mintage of 139.76 million pieces demanded continuous press operation, and the ten-plus cuds cataloged for this date testify to the volume of dies that reached and exceeded their functional lifespan. Each rim cud documents a moment when the die steel's integrity failed at the periphery, leaving the characteristic raised blank area where the broken section once shaped the design. This tenth entry confirms a pattern of sustained die attrition across the year's production.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Keith Christenson
• CU-1C-1919S-10
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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