CU-1C-1925S-03 Cud

Description

Three documented cuds on the 1925 (S) Lincoln Wheat Cent — this being the third, cataloged as CU-1C-1925S-03 — demonstrate that San Francisco experienced its own pattern of die rim failures during the mid-1920s. The San Francisco Mint's role in cent production was smaller than Philadelphia's but essential to supplying the western United States with circulating coinage, and its dies endured the same fundamental stresses as those at any facility. Cuds are distinguished from other categories of die damage by a specific structural criterion: the fracture must occur at or very near the rim, and the broken segment must separate completely from the die body. A die crack that crosses the interior of the die face without reaching the rim produces a raised line on coins but not a cud; a break that reaches the rim but remains loosely attached creates a retained cud with partial detail. Only full separation yields the classic featureless raised mass that defines a true cud. The CU-1C-1925S-03 designation confirms this third 1925-S variety meets that structural definition, recording another instance of complete rim loss on a San Francisco Wheat Cent die.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Chuck Newman
• CU-1C-1925S-03
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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