1917 (D) Lincoln Wheat Cent - CU-1C-1917D-01R Rim Cud

Description

America entered World War I in April 1917, and Denver Mint cent production that year supported an economy mobilizing for conflict — making this first documented reverse rim cud for the 1917-D Lincoln Wheat Cent a wartime production artifact. A rim cud represents the loss of part of the die's rim gutter: on the coin it appears as a raised interruption in the design rim that tracks the rim's course. The "R" suffix identifies the reverse as the affected side, meaning the cud interrupts the rim on Brenner's Wheat Ears side rather than the Lincoln portrait side. Wartime production pressures often demanded extended die use, as replacing worn or damaged dies consumed time and resources that were increasingly directed toward military needs. Whether the die stress that produced this cud was exacerbated by wartime production demands is speculative but consistent with the industrial context of 1917. Cross-referenced as CU-1C-1917D-01R, cataloged by Cuds on Coins. The 1917-D cent is collected both as a die variety and as a piece of American wartime numismatic history.

Cross References

• CU-1C-1917D-01R

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