...new acquisition. I enjoy collecting Cuds and even though this is not a major, but still, all-in-all a pleasing example. Show off your Cud coins. Big, small, in-between, any denomination, I like them all. So bring 'em on... Good Hunting!!! Billy
Very nice 1940-S retained cud ikandiggit. Here's a retained cud on a 1998 that I came across searching circulated rolls. I put the photos together to make a collage. The entire right side of the die crack is seated much lower than the left side. Since many collectors check 1998 cents for the "Wide AM" style of reverse have any of you come across this retained cud or maybe in various stages? Billy
Thanks Billy - large cuds on any Indian are few and far between. And I like your 98 WAM - can't recall seeing that crack at any stage on any others.
Very nice! I like it. Probably couldn't last too many more strikes and finally break. Thanks for sharing. Keep 'em coming folks... Billy
If I'm not mistaken that piece has actually broken away from the die. You can see just inside the rim,on top and bottom where it's out of alignment. If it is completly broken away from the die then that's what constitutes a retained cud? Here's a crop showing just the area in question.
I should have been more specific. It is completely broken and shifted. However, it just hasn't fallen out of the die (probably being the anvil die) and it's just sitting there in place. It would be the same as my 1998 reverse pictured above in that it has totally broken and shifted but is also just sitting there. So yes, your 1983 is a retained cud. Billy
No problem. Here's another rim-to-rim die crack that I just recently came across on a 1994 Lincoln cent. Billy
