RCD-1c-1941S-01R Retained Cud

Description

Bearing the designation RCD-1c-1941S-01R, this 1941-S Lincoln Wheat Cent documents the first cataloged retained cud on the reverse for the San Francisco Mint issue of that year. A retained cud forms when a die rim section fractures and separates but does not fall out of the press — the fragment remains in position, striking coins with a flat, featureless raised area where the original design has been displaced. This distinguishes it from a full cud, where the broken piece falls away entirely and leaves an area of unstruck planchet at the rim. Cross-referenced as JCc-1941S_133 in the J. Cohen catalog and LC-41S-5R Ret in the Leroy Cohen catalog, this variety carries dual attributions anchoring it within two independent reference systems for Lincoln Cent die breaks. The 1941-S cent was produced in the final full year before wartime material changes altered the composition, making pre-war San Francisco issues a distinct collecting segment. As the primary retained cud for this date and mint, RCD-1c-1941S-01R is the benchmark against which subsequent discoveries would be compared.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Charity & Chris Welch & JC Stevens
• Cross reference number: JCc-1941S_133. LC-41S-5R Ret. 09/01/2013, 11/27/2023.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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