Very neat piece,not sure if its attributed anywhere yet. Looks as if it may have been cleaned at one point.
Cool. It certainly looks like a cud to me. For damage to have moved that much metal, there'd be a deeper gouge there. Yes, cleaned, and well-circulated, but so what. While detecting, I once found a Buffalo nickel that had a big cud covering most of the word FIVE on the reverse. It was a dateless coin when it went into the ground, and environmentally damaged from being buried for 50-60+ years, but it was definitely a cud, which made it cool.
Speaking of '16-D Barber quarters and moving metal and metal detecting, I once dug a nice 1916-D quarter, but accidentally put a nasty scratch across the reverse of it when I pulled it out of the side of the hole. It had been lying on top of a rock.
What do you suppose it is? It doesn't look like displaced metal from damage to me, though I suppose I could be misinterpreting the photo.
Could it be a peeled lamination from the rim that sort of folded over the date like that? Hmm... I kind of doubt that. *scratches head*
It's not a gash,but gunk built up against the side of the blob that wasnt cleaned away. They should've used a better tool,like a nice wire brush.(not rly)...honestly idk,if it's not a cud then its gotta be dmg or a contemporary modification
I'm still leaning towards cud, myself, but @paddyman98 knows a lot more about this kinda thing than I do.
I'm leaning towards "something else". Why would a cud (die edge broken off) show a line through the 1 and taper away but still leave a thin high spot on the die where it meets the star. You would think that area by the star would have chipped as well. Not sure what happened, but it looks like there is a crack going into the edge. That may provide more clues. Wouldn't be surprised if it turns out just to be damage on a well circulated coin, but am not sure
