CU-1C-1935-06R Cud

Description

Sixth in the documented reverse cud sequence for the 1935 Philadelphia Mint Lincoln Wheat Cent, CU-1C-1935-06R records a major rim die break on a Depression-era cent. The 1935 cent was struck during one of the lowest-mintage periods in the Lincoln series — Philadelphia produced just under 245 million pieces, a modest figure compared to the billion-plus runs of the 1940s — yet the die still experienced the kind of rim fracture that generates a cud error. Cuds result from the progressive fatigue failure of hardened steel dies: each of the hundreds of thousands of strikes concentrates stress at the thin rim wall where the die cavity meets its outer edge, and once a micro-crack initiates, continued operation propagates the fracture until a section breaks free entirely. The resulting void fills with metal under the enormous tonnage of the coining press, producing a raised, shapeless blob on every coin struck afterward. Cross-referenced as CU-1C-1935-06R in the Cuds on Coins registry, this variety belongs to the Lincoln Wheat Cents 1909-1958 series. Depression-era cents often survived in lower grades due to heavy circulation, so finding this cud on a well-preserved specimen can be a challenge that rewards patient searching through accumulations of 1930s Wheat Cents.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Marvin L
• CU-1C-1935-06R
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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