I picked-up these two Lincoln Cent cuds at the FUN show. The no-date cent was the more expensive of the two. However, I really wanted the 1989 dated coin. I needed the 1989 reverse cud to fill a hole in my collection. :smile Anyone else get any cuds recently? Post em if you got em.
I like the first one the best. I did not realize that kind of error was called a cud. I am new to "error" language. I have a cent from the 60's in my mother-in-laws jewlery box. She was born in 1899 and passed away in 1971. The coin was rather new to her. The coins she inherited from her grandmother are socked away someplace. My husband told me where to look in the attic but I have not found them yet. There was just a small box of them. Anyways, the cent from the 1960's has a second impression on it. Almost like a another head, but it is hard to figure out. The condition is BU or better. It is housed in a cardboard flap. I keep meaning to send it in for grading, but lost my paperwork for doing it. Thanks for the pics. Very nice.
Start a thread here & post a couple photographs of the cent. Some of the CT error experts might like to comment on how to submit it for grading (if appropriate).
I looked them up in the cud book. The no-date memorial cent is listed as LC-ND-3. The 1989 reverse cud is listed as LC-89-9R.
Awesome errors! I like the first missing date! so cool! can some1 please explain how the second pitcture penny error occured?
Thanks for the reply. I do not know how to take pics. I did take it out of the jewelry box yesterday to look at again. It is dated 1964. The inpression on it is not a face after all. I must have confused it with another coin somewhere. This one as three date marks on it - digits actually. 2 0 0. The "0" are of a different font. All are on a curve as if from a large coin impression. Not sure what happened to it. Maybe it is a fake that someone constructed. The font style do indeed look authenic to me (the still learning one). My family got it for a reason. My husband does not know much about it. After my mother-in-law died, he gave her furs and nice jewelry away to relatives. I found the coin with the costume jewelry. I might take it to my coin guy in the city. He seems to understand grading. Maybe he can put some light on the piece since posting pics is beyond my abilities and skill level.
A cud appears on a coin when the die striking the coin is broken and missing a part of the design. By definition, the die break of a cud is supposed to affect the edge of the coin. When it does not affect the edge of the coin, then the error is called a die chip instead of a cud. Coin #1 has a cud that affects the obverse at the date. In this case, the obverse die was broken. The reverse die was intact but you will see weakness on the reverse directly opposite the obverse cud. Coin #2 has been struck by a reverse die that has broken. In this case, the cud appears on the reverse of the coin with corresponding weakness directly opposite on the obverse.
We can't provide much help without seeing a photo of the coin. This thread at CoinTalk describes how to post photos of your coin(s). http://www.cointalk.com/t8566/
Yes. Thanks. I have reviewed this before. I don't have a camera. The lap top I am borrowing has a built in web camera but I do not know how to use it. I need to remember to ask someone for help when we get visitors next time. We don't get a lot of visitors, but a few out here.
