2012-D Jefferson - Cud? Or just poor eyesight?

I can't quite figure out if this is a cud or just a damaged coin. There seems to be a blob on the stairs to the right, but I can't get any closer with the cheap microscope. Is this a mini-cud?

Thanks for any opinions!

 

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Looks like a hit. Damage IMHO

FYI a Cud is a Die Break that is found on the Rim od a coin and extends into the field.

Here is an example from my collection

 

Oh, interesting. I'll have to study more - thanks

Impressive blob on that nickel!

 

Thanks.. The blob is not added material. It is metal that flowed into the Missing piece from the Die that broke away. That is sometimes what new collectors think when they begin collectiong errors. Same thing for IDB's.. Interior Die Breaks and Die Chips. They are 'Blobs' that form when the metal goes into the missing piece when the blank planchet is struck by the defective die.

 

That looks like a cud on top of a cud.

 

So if that had not been damage next to the steps it would have been considered an IDB?

 

You may find that some older books called anything like this a cud. The modern terms define them better.

 

Not a cud as all cud start on the rim of a coin. The right hand side of the steps took a hit so you’re seeing damage.

 

Yep, that seems the consensus. Time to spend it. Thanks!

 

Though I agree that FAR the most prevalent chunk-out-of-die (ie: "cud") occurrences are at the EDGE, chunks sometimes fall out of the interior as well. I classify those too as "cuds". See Samples here.

 

Not a cud but thanks for sharing.

 

Just damage.

 

Nice cud! I'll have to chew on that one for a while.

 

Are those your coins, John? Nice finds!

 

@John Wright
I would consider those as Pre-Cuds

 

As some others have said, the obverse of the nickel features a "stepped" or multi-level cud that possibly grew over time.