CU-1C-1955-01 Cud

Description

No year in Lincoln cent history carries more fame than 1955 — home of the legendary 1955 Doubled Die Obverse, one of the most celebrated error coins in American numismatics — and CU-1C-1955-01 documents a cud error from that same Philadelphia production run. While the DDO captures headlines and commands five-figure prices, the first cataloged cud for 1955 represents a different category of die failure: a rim fracture rather than a hub doubling event. Philadelphia struck approximately 330 million cents in 1955, using standard bronze planchets of 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc. At that production level, die attrition followed its normal course, with some dies developing rim cracks that progressed into full cuds — detached die sections producing the characteristic raised, featureless plateau on struck coins. The fame of the 1955 DDO has a halo effect on all varieties from this date, drawing collectors who might not otherwise pursue cud errors into examining every 1955 cent for anomalies. CU-1C-1955-01 stands as the first documented rim break for a date already legendary in error collecting. Documented by Cuds on Coins and cross-referenced under its catalog number.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Chuck Newman
• CU-1C-1955-01
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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