A friend of mine, Ron Sirna, gave me this interesting Wheat cent because he knows I like things like this. I didn't know what type of error this was so I posted it on the PCGS forum and found out it's a known damaged die error as explained by Ken Potter here. Since I'd never seen one before, I thought I post it here so others might enjoy and/or learn from it. http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/1955S1cCudDieDamagedVar.htm
I'm no pro, but looks like super lamination errors of all sorts, too much here too little there, very cool!
Yes, this is a well-known example of a reverse cud with associated obverse die damage. It's quite possible that a piece of the reverse die broke off and landed between the dies. When struck, it left a slight die dent on the reverse (the anvil die might have been protected by a planchet) and a much larger and rougher die dent on the obverse.
WOW, that is the first one I've ever seen. I really like it and now I've got to have one. Do you know an estimated value of this error?
Many years ago, I sold a few of these to a Lincoln cent specialist. I kept an unusual pair for myself. One coin has the pre-cud die break on the reverse and no damage to the obverse. The second coin has the cud on the reverse and the head of Lincoln looks like the one pictured here. The scenario of the piece of die breaking away to form the CUD becoming the cause for the obverse die damage is very plausible. It's a neat coin! You have a very nice example! Bill
Great error coin, i have great examples of huge cuds in my shop, i will post them when i have the time. Greg
A wonderful error specimen, with two errors on one coin,great find,makes me want to roll search right now.A nice size cud too.
