CU-1C-1919S-16 Rim Cud

Description

Grading and valuing cud varieties involves considerations distinct from those applied to normal coins. CU-1C-1919S-16, the sixteenth cataloged rim cud for the 1919 San Francisco Wheat cent, represents the highest sequence number recorded for this date. A cud's market value depends on several factors: the size of the break, its location relative to prominent design elements, the overall grade of the host coin, and the desirability of the date and mintmark combination. Large cuds that obscure significant portions of the legend or portrait generally command stronger premiums than small marginal breaks, while cuds on key or semi-key dates carry additional numismatic interest independent of the error itself. The 1919-S cent, with its lower mintage relative to Philadelphia, adds base-coin scarcity to the variety's appeal. Third-party grading services will encapsulate and label cud varieties, though attribution to a specific catalog number typically requires the collector to reference CudsOnCoins documentation. As the final entry in the 1919-S sequence, CU-1C-1919S-16 caps an unusually extensive record of die failures from a single production year.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Keith Christenson
• CU-1C-1919S-16
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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