RCD-1c-1941-01R Retained Cud

Description

The RCD-1c-1941-01R is a retained cud variety on the reverse die of the 1941 Lincoln Wheat Cent, as indicated by the R suffix in the catalog designation. Reverse retained cuds on Lincoln wheat cents are less commonly documented than their obverse counterparts, in part because the reverse design—featuring the two stalks of wheat flanking ONE CENT and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA legend—presents fewer areas of concentrated mechanical stress than the portrait-heavy obverse. When a reverse die does develop a retained cud, the failure typically appears near the rim or within the lettering field, where the die steel must accommodate the greatest pressure differential between the raised device areas and the surrounding flat field. The specific location of the die fragment on RCD-1c-1941-01R is defined by its catalog position and the Cuds on Coins documentation, and the variety carries no Jim Caldwell cross-reference number. Verified by Cuds on Coins, this entry joins its catalog sibling RCD-1c-1941-02R as one of two retained reverse cud varieties documented from the 1941 Lincoln cent.

Attribution History

• Discovered by David Curfman
• Cross reference number: none. 06/14/2018.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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