RIDB-1c-1955-18 Cud

Description

Cataloged by Cuds on Coins with a listing date of August 17, 2022, RIDB-1c-1955-18 documents a cud error on a 1955 proof Lincoln wheat cent. The proof designation places this die failure within the 378,200 proof sets produced at Philadelphia in 1955, establishing a much smaller potential population than the hundreds of millions of business strikes from the same year. Cuds on proof coins are considerably scarcer than their business-strike counterparts for two reasons: the dramatically lower production volume, and the more rigorous quality control applied to proof coinage, where Mint inspectors are more likely to catch and remove defective specimens. No cross-references to other cataloging systems have been recorded for this variety. The 1955 date holds special significance in Lincoln cent variety collecting as the year of the famous DDO-001, the most recognizable doubled die in all of American numismatics. While RIDB-1c-1955-18 is a fundamentally different type of error, sharing a date with the legendary 1955 DDO adds a layer of collector interest. The rim break that created this cud would have been visible on the proof coin's deeply mirrored surface, where the smooth, raised cud area contrasts starkly with the surrounding proof finish. Victor David Brenner's wheat reverse design, featuring two stalks of durum wheat flanking the inscriptions ONE CENT and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, had been in continuous production since 1909 and would continue through 1958. Proof wheat cents from the 1950s are themselves collected as a series subset, and examples with die errors like cuds add an error-collecting dimension to proof set assembly.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Marvin L
• Cross reference number: None. 08/17/2022.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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