RIDB-1c-1958-07 Cud

Description

A proof-struck cud on the 1958 Lincoln Wheat Cent, RIDB-1c-1958-07 documents a die break on a coin produced under the controlled striking conditions of the Philadelphia Mint proof facility. As a proof issue, this coin was struck multiple times on specially prepared polished planchets using polished dies, making the cud's rough raised surface conspicuous against the mirror-like proof fields. Additional die deterioration accompanies the cud: obverse die cracks traverse the coat and head areas of Lincoln's portrait, while a die chip affects the tie, documenting progressive structural failure across the obverse die. On the reverse, a die chip on the T in CENT provides a denomination-area diagnostic. Cuds form when a section of the die rim breaks away entirely, leaving a void that produces a raised featureless blob of metal on the struck coin. The 1958 Wheat Cent represents the final year of Victor David Brenner's iconic wheat ears reverse introduced in 1909, and proof specimens from this terminal year carry particular collector interest. The combination of a rim cud with multiple die cracks and chips documents extensive die deterioration on this last-year proof Wheat Cent.

Attribution History

• Discovered by Bob Byrd
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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