RCD-1c-1941S-04R Retained Cud

Description

Cataloged as RCD-1c-1941S-04R, this 1941-S Lincoln Wheat Cent presents the fourth documented retained cud on the reverse for the San Francisco Mint issue. A retained cud occurs when a fragment of the die breaks away at the rim but stays trapped in the press during subsequent strikes, imparting a flat, raised area on the coin where the broken piece displaces the original design. This distinguishes it from a full cud, where the fragment falls away entirely and leaves unstruck planchet metal at the rim. Cross-referenced as JCc-1941S_134 in the J. Cohen catalog and LC-41S-10R-RET in the Leroy Cohen catalog, this variety benefits from dual attribution across two independent die break reference systems. The "RET" suffix in the Leroy Cohen designation explicitly flags the retained nature of the break. San Francisco Mint production in 1941 preceded the wartime material changes that would alter cent composition the following years, placing this coin among the last pre-war bronze issues from that facility. Retained cuds from pre-war San Francisco dates remain popular targets for Lincoln Cent die break specialists.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Charity & Chris Welch & JC Stevens
• Cross reference number: JCc-1941S_134, LC-41S-10R-RET. 09/01/2013, 11/27/2023.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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