CU-1C-1920-04 Cud

Description

Fourth documented cud for the 1920 Lincoln Wheat Cent, this variety records a die rim failure on a date from the early years of Victor David Brenner's iconic design, which debuted in 1909 as the first regularly issued U.S. coin to feature a real person's portrait. A cud forms when a section of the die rim fractures and separates, leaving a cavity that fills with metal during striking to produce a raised featureless mass at the coin's edge. Cross-referenced as JCc-20_95 in the Jim Curto cent catalog and LC-20-3 in the Lincoln Cent reference system, this variety benefits from documentation across multiple independent attribution frameworks. The 1920 Philadelphia Mint cent was produced in large quantities — over 310 million struck — ensuring substantial die consumption and the attendant likelihood of rim failures. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins, the -04 sequence number indicates systematic documentation of rim failures across multiple die pairs. Early Wheat Cents from the teens and twenties are actively collected in their own right, and cud varieties add another dimension to the die variety research conducted on this foundational era of the Lincoln Cent series.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Fred Weinberg
• CU-1C-1920-04; number: JCc-20_95, LC-20-3. 09/01/2013.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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