Would this be a rim cud?

Makes sense, and under LIBERTY is where the hammer die became unable to contain the strike in its' rim gutter. Then, though, we're left wondering about the strength of the date at what should be the weakest area of the obverse...unless we consider that those last two digits might be both shallower and - by definition - fatter than a "normal" strike would show them, since we're only getting the wider part of the tapered date strike in this example. I wonder if a tilted (and maybe slightly off-center) hammer die could explain the whole thing?

Fun stuff.

 

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Thanks for your prompt reply, Mike. What you say makes sense, but I'm still looking for an answer to the following: If a die break in the field includes the gutter but not the rim, should we consider this a cud, too?

Chris

 

That is not the posters coin. IMO, already stated, the '72 Lincoln cent in the OP HAS a slight fin (just saw it) AND a rim break (cud). You may wish to take whatever "class" you graduated from another time.

Now, @mikediamond I am interested to know what you think the blob on the rim of the 1972 cent is (AS YOU TEACH THE CLASSES one member claims to have graduated from): Minor Rim Cud; Fin, or something else? Thanks in advance.

@pattyman98 I don't believe there is enough metal in a "fin" to fold over that far and leave a nice "connected" lump of metal without any undercut evidence of being folded over. Agree?

MY BAD...Mike already answered this above.

 

Me too! I always heard/was taught that any break on the rim portion of a coin was called a rim cud. Like a "Godless Cent" has a huge blob where the die broke from the edge into the field.

Then, the modern generation of error specialists said "cud" was a dumb word to use when describing a broken die. I like "Cud" and so do cows!

 

Since you graduated so long ago....

 

You can see that "Insider" did not learn English either as the quote made complete sense to him

 

Here are both sides of the cent.