RIDB-1c-1955-10 Cud

Description

Reaching double digits with this tenth cataloged rim cud for 1955 Proof Lincoln Wheat Cents, RIDB-1c-1955-10 extends the documented pattern of die rim failures during that year's proof production. Ten distinct proof dies fractured at the rim, each preserving a raised featureless blob at a unique position along the coin's edge. The milestone of ten cuds for a single proof date underscores how thoroughly collectors have examined 1955 proof cents over the decades since their original production. Proof coins struck from deteriorating dies sometimes exhibit progressive stages of the fracture, with early die state specimens showing hairline cracks that widen into full rim breaks on later strikes, allowing researchers to reconstruct the chronology of each die's failure. The wheat ears reverse designed by Victor David Brenner, with its detailed grain stalks and peripheral lettering, provides ample rim-adjacent design where cuds interrupt the intended motif. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins for the Lincoln Wheat Cents 1909-1958 series, continuing the extensive 1955 proof die break record.

Attribution History

• Discovered by JC Stevens
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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