CU-1C-1955D-02 Cud

Description

Denver's 1955 cent output produced its own set of die casualties, and CU-1C-1955D-02 records the second cataloged cud for that date and mint. Unlike the narrow Rim Cuds documented for 1955 Philadelphia, this variety carries no "R" suffix, indicating a more substantial break where the fractured die segment extended beyond the immediate rim area and disrupted interior design elements. The distinction matters for attribution: a full cud typically obliterates portions of letters, date digits, or Lincoln's portrait, creating a larger and more visually striking error than a Rim Cud's edge-confined band. Denver struck a significant quantity of cents in 1955, part of the facility's consistent role as the primary branch mint for circulating minor coinage throughout the postwar era. By this point in the Wheat Cent series, only three production years remained before the 1959 transition to the Lincoln Memorial reverse, and the dies continued to reflect hubbing and hardening processes refined over decades. The second sequential number suggests 1955-D produced multiple rim failures, consistent with the pattern visible across the entire early-to-mid 1950s Denver cent program.

Attribution History

• Discovered by David Miller
• CU-1C-1955D-02
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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