RDC-1c-1935-01R Cud

Description

Cataloged by Cuds on Coins with the RDC (Rim Die Crack/Cud) prefix rather than the RIDB designation used for later entries, RDC-1c-1935-01R documents a reverse cud on the 1935 Lincoln wheat cent — the "R" suffix confirming this die break occurred on the reverse die. The cross-reference notation lists no outside catalog match, with the self-referential note "See RDC-1c-1935-01R" directing researchers to the Cuds on Coins database's own documentation for this specific die break. Cuds form when accumulated striking stress causes a rim segment to fracture and separate from the die body, creating a void that fills with metal during subsequent strikes, producing a raised blank mass at the coin's edge. The 1935 Philadelphia Lincoln cent, with a mintage of 245,388,000, operated during the mid-Depression period when Mint output had recovered from its early-1930s lows but had not yet reached the peak volumes that wartime demand would soon create. Victor David Brenner's wheat ear reverse, with its symmetrical wheat stalk frame enclosing the denomination and national identification text, provides the design context for this reverse die failure. Reverse cuds on wheat cents can obscure portions of the wheat stalks, the ONE CENT inscription, or the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA legend depending on the clock position of the break along the rim. The RDC-1c-1935-01R designation as the first cataloged reverse cud for 1935 suggests either a relatively small total census of documented die breaks for this date or that this was the initial discovery that opened the cataloging record for 1935 cent die failures.

Attribution History

• Cross reference number: none. See – RDC-1c-1935-01R.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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