CU-1C-1934-02R Cud

Description

A second reverse die on 1934 Lincoln Wheat Cents also fractured at the rim, and CU-1C-1934-02R documents that separate failure event. While the first reverse cud for this date, CU-1C-1934-01R, records one die's breakdown, this -02R entry confirms that at least two distinct reverse dies developed rim fractures during the 1934 Philadelphia Mint production run. The Great Depression era's high cent demand pushed die usage rates, and the mechanical stress of striking hundreds of thousands of impressions per die made rim fractures an expected, if uncommon, occurrence. Each reverse cud represents a unique die with its own fracture location, break size, and progression pattern, meaning the raised featureless area on -02R specimens appears in a different position than on -01R coins. Collectors seeking both 1934 reverse cuds must locate specimens from two separate dies, each preserving its own failure signature on Brenner's wheat ears reverse. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins for the Lincoln Wheat Cents 1909-1958 series.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Fred Weinberg
• CU-1C-1934-02R; number: none.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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