1954 S 5c - Cud or Chip or ?

I have this 1954 S Jefferson Nickel found in my grandfather's collection. I discovered a box of coins which have plastic tubes of various coins which I know he buried underground at one point. My grandfather lived in the Sacramento, CA, area so this knew batch has quite a few S mint marks.

Anyway, I was wondering if the edges of this coin on the reverse are Cuds or Die Chips or what? I believe there was a thread not too far back which had similar aspects to the coin but I cannot find the thread. What say you?








Thanks, everyone, for any input/insight.

~Rob

 

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Here are the pictures of the obverse and reverse. I have to use my phone so not the best lighting




~Rob

 

The long one is probably a rim cud the little ones might be die chips/cuds or some type of small lamination.hard to tell since the coin is so circulated.

 

Looks more like a partial finned rim that has been bent over and smoothed with time and wear IMO. But like always I stand to be corrected and educated

 

Thanks for the response Potty... I looked at the Broken Die Error site at http://cuds-on-coins.com/ regarding nickels and found some similar looking anomalies to older nickels, such as the 1960 D. There is nothing noted for the 1954 S. yes, the coin is very circulated. Not sure its life before my grandfather put it away in his collection.

~Rob

 

Thanks Expat... I, like you enjoy the education and learning most. I nice find would be awesome too.

~Rob

 

I found the other thread I mentioned... It is regarding a 1983 P LMC (https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1983p-cent-is-this-a-cud-or-maybe-a-retained-cud.369923/). Not sure if what is going on with the nickel is the same as with the LMC or other explanations.

~Rob