CU-1C-1920S-05 Cud

Description

A fifth cud variety on the 1920 (S) Lincoln Wheat Cent — cataloged as CU-1C-1920S-05 — extends the roster of documented rim fractures for this San Francisco issue beyond the four already recorded. When a single date and mint combination yields five or more distinct cud positions, it points to a combination of factors: high production volume generating heavy die use, possible variations in die steel quality across batches, and the inherent vulnerability of the rim zone where die geometry concentrates stress. Each of these five cuds comes from a different working die, and each die broke in its own unique location along the rim, producing cuds of varying size and position on the coins struck afterward. This variety is distinct from CU-1C-1920S-04, the fourth cataloged cud, despite sharing the same date, mint, and denomination — the two emerged from entirely separate dies that failed independently. Collectors pursuing complete cud documentation for specific Wheat Cent dates find the 1920-S particularly rewarding precisely because its multiple entries offer a range of visual presentations, from small peripheral blobs to larger rim disruptions.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Fred Weinberg
• CU-1C-1920S-05
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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