CU-1C-1939-06 Cud

Description

Closing out the known cud inventory for the 1939 Philadelphia Lincoln Wheat Cent, CU-1C-1939-06 is the sixth and final cataloged die break of this type for the date. Six cuds from a single year and mint may seem modest, but it reflects the durable nature of bronze cent dies — copper-alloy planchets impose relatively gentle stress compared to harder metals, and many dies completed their full service life without fracturing. Each cud in the CU-1C-1939 sequence originated from a different working die, meaning at least six distinct dies experienced rim failure severe enough to produce the characteristic raised, featureless blob that defines a cud error. The Cuds on Coins catalog uses a systematic numbering format — CU for cud, 1C for one-cent denomination, followed by year and sequence number — enabling researchers to track die break frequency across dates, denominations, and mints. For the 1939 cent, struck at the tail end of the Great Depression when Philadelphia produced over 316 million pieces, the six documented cuds provide a small window into the die attrition rate across that massive production run. Cross-referenced as CU-1C-1939-06 and documented by Cuds on Coins.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Marvin L
• CU-1C-1939-06
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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