CU-1C-1920-02 Cud

Description

Philadelphia's substantial 1920 cent output of 310,165,000 pieces pushed dies through extended production runs, and CU-1C-1920-02 records one consequence: a major rim break where a piece of the die fractured away entirely, leaving a raised featureless blob of unstruck metal at the coin's edge. Unlike retained interior die breaks where the fractured fragment stays loosely in place, a full cud represents complete die separation — the broken piece either fell free or was ejected, creating a void in the die that filled with metal during subsequent strikes. Cross-referenced as LC-20-1 and cataloged on October 1, 2013 by Cuds on Coins, this is the second documented cud on the 1920 Lincoln Wheat Cent. Victor David Brenner's Wheat Cent design, by 1920 in its eleventh year of production, was struck at enormous volumes to meet post-World War I commercial demand, and the resulting die wear and fracture rate generated numerous documentable die break varieties. The LC-20-1 cross-reference number follows the simplified Lincoln Cent cud numbering system that provides a parallel identification framework to the more detailed CU-1C prefix classification. Collectors should note that cuds on early Wheat Cents from high-mintage years often survived in large numbers due to extended die usage after the break formed.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Fred Weinberg
• CU-1C-1920-02; number: LC-20-1. 10/01/2013.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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