CU-1C-1958D-02 Rim Cud

Description

As the absolute final year of the Lincoln Wheat cent — a design that debuted in 1909 and would be replaced by the Memorial reverse in 1959 — the 1958-D cent holds a unique place in American numismatics. CU-1C-1958D-02, the second cataloged rim cud for this terminal date, documents a die failure from the last Wheat cents ever produced. Denver struck over 800 million cents in 1958, ensuring that the Wheat cent design's forty-nine-year production run ended with massive output rather than a quiet wind-down. These cuds are not just die-failure records; they are artifacts from the final chapter of an iconic design. Victor David Brenner's wheat stalks, which had framed ONE CENT on the reverse since the series launched during Theodore Roosevelt's final months in office, were struck for the last time during the 1958 production run. Every 1958-D cud represents a working die that failed while carrying the last version of a design about to be retired. CU-1C-1958D-02 preserves the second confirmed rim break from that final year, a tangible link to the closing moments of the Wheat cent era.

Attribution History

• Discovered by JC Stevens
• CU-1C-1958D-02
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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