CU-1C-1920-06R Cud

Description

Sixth cataloged reverse cud for the 1920 Lincoln Wheat Cent, CU-1C-1920-06R reflects heavy die usage at Philadelphia during a year of substantial cent production — over 310 million pieces, one of the highest pre-war outputs. Six reverse cuds from a single date indicate multiple dies fractured at the rim during service, consistent with high-volume production where dies are pressed into extended runs. Each cud represents a unique die: a section of the reverse die face broke away at the rim, and the resulting void filled with planchet metal during striking, producing the characteristic raised, featureless plateau. The 1920 Lincoln cent was struck in standard bronze without a mintmark. By 1920, the design had been in production for eleven years and die-making processes were well established, but the sheer volume of strikes per die — potentially hundreds of thousands of impressions — ensured rim fractures remained a regular occurrence. The "06R" designation places this among the more extensively documented dates in the Cuds on Coins wheat cent catalog. Collectors seeking 1920 cud varieties benefit from the high survival rate of this common-date issue.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Timothy Baggett
• CU-1C-1920-06R
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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