Die chip that would eventually could have been a cud.

Meow found a very small yet unusual die chip in this North Dakota quarter. Is this maybe how cuds start? Meow has not ever seen such a high little die chip bump like this one, especially in a open field.

 

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I don't see any die cracks that involve the rim. Although it is a recess in the die (die chip) it may or may not involve the rim with future strikes.

 

Looks like a retained strike-through .....................

 

So it would not have grown to the rim and turn into a cud, you guys think? It just really caught Meow's eye, as it is a fairly high bump in an area Meow has never seen have die issues.

 

Meow could not say how high. But is seems much higher than the motto.

 

Oh, and also notice the reflection of the field. It has also affected the smooth flow of the natural curved reflection. Meow has seen many quarters that have this where the mintmark is.

 

Since the "cud" is in such an unusual location it could be damage. A retained strike through would look somewhat different.

 

A "cud" involves the rim, this bump or die chip doesn't.
http://cuds-on-coins.com/cuds/

 

Meow was told by some few folks in another forum, that cuds must involve the rim of the coin. Meow was just thinking that this damage might have grown into that. But anyway its not PMD because its a bump, and pretty high bump at that.

 

You beat Meow to it! Meow's paws where just not fast enough to beat your reply!

 

I think it's a late meow die meow that affected the meow meow

 

Doug said Tommy ( and others ) should not go there because Tommy is a nice Tommy and does not want to be a bad or rude Tommy.

 

Please stop saying meow after everything

 

Could be a die dent too ..

 

You can't ask a cat not to meow.. That's like asking Niagra to stop falling!

 

Wondering if this is a struck through glob of metal.

 

OK. But at another forum they corrected Meow's incorrect use of the term cud, when describing a coin that did not affect the rim. So cuds can appear any where it seems. Anyway, Meow wanted to share it since it was so unique; where it was, and how its shaped.