CU-1C-1937-02 Cud

Description

Second documented cud for the 1937 Lincoln Wheat Cent, this die break records a complete rim fracture from a Depression-era date that saw substantial cent production. The 1937 Philadelphia Mint struck approximately 309 million cents — a significant output that reflected the ongoing economic recovery from the worst of the Great Depression. CU-1C-1937-02 in the Cuds on Coins catalog documents the second distinct die that developed a full rim separation for this date. The cud formed through the standard mechanism: repeated coining press cycles concentrated stress at the die rim until a fatigue crack propagated through the hardened tool steel, causing a fragment to separate and leave a cavity that filled with planchet metal during subsequent strikes. Two documented cuds for 1937 places it in the lower range of the cud frequency spectrum for Wheat Cents, consistent with pre-war production conditions where die usage followed standard operational patterns without the extraordinary stresses introduced by wartime composition changes. The same year is notable in variety circles for its doubled die obverse varieties, and collectors pursuing a complete picture of 1937 die failures should note both the DDO varieties and these cud entries for a comprehensive understanding of die behavior during that production run.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Chuck9999 on ebay
• CU-1C-1937-02
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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