1940 (S) Lincoln Wheat Cent - RCD-1c-1940S-03R Retained Cud

Description

Third documented reverse retained cud for the 1940 San Francisco Mint Lincoln Wheat Cent, this variety preserves a die failure where a section of the reverse rim cracked and the broken piece came free of the die but did not fall out — it remained "retained" in position, creating a raised area on the struck coin, bounded by the crack, that keeps its design, unlike the design-free mass characteristic of a full cud. Cross-referenced as LC-40S-19R-RET and JCc-1940S-161,146,232, the variety has dual attribution in both the Lincoln Cent (LC) and Jake's Cud Census (JCc) reference systems. Cataloged by Cuds on Coins on October 1, 2013, the "R" suffix in the catalog number confirms the reverse location of the retained cud. Retained cuds represent an intermediate stage of die failure — more advanced than a pre-cud (where the crack exists but has not yet caused any die separation) but less severe than a full cud (where the broken piece has fallen away completely). The 1940-S Lincoln Cent had a mintage of 112,940,000, a substantial San Francisco output for the pre-war period. The multiple cross-reference numbers in the JCc system (161, 146, 232) may indicate different die states or documentation entries tracking the progression of the retained break across the die's service life, providing researchers with a detailed record of how this particular die failure evolved during production.

Cross References

• Cross reference number: LC-40S-19R-RET, JCc-1940S-161,146,232. 10/01/2013.

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