CU-1C-1913-02R Cud

Description

From a year that saw two of numismatics' most celebrated coins debut — the Buffalo Nickel and the recessed-date variety of the Lincoln cent — the 1913 Lincoln Wheat Cent CU-1C-1913-02R carries a reverse rim cud documenting a die failure at the Philadelphia Mint. The raised, featureless plateau characteristic of cuds formed when a section of the reverse die broke away at the rim, disrupting the wheat stalk wreath and legend on every coin struck thereafter. Philadelphia produced over 76 million Lincoln cents in 1913, a substantial run that consumed numerous working dies. The bronze composition — 95% copper with 5% tin and zinc — and the striking pressures required to fill Brenner's detailed design contributed to die stress. The "02R" suffix identifies this as the second cataloged reverse cud for the 1913 date. Wheat cents from the early teens are actively collected both as individual dates and as die varieties, and cud errors from this period bridge the interests of date collectors and error specialists. The 1913 Lincoln cent design remained unchanged from its 1909 introduction, with the VDB initials not yet restored to Lincoln's bust truncation.

Attribution History

• Discovered by John Edelman
• CU-1C-1913-02R
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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