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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1180877, member: 24633&quot;]A cud is an area along the edge of the die that breaks away and produces a blob of metal that extends into the field when the planchet is struck. It appears that the die crack to the southwest on your coin begins at one point on the rim, extends into the field and arcs back to the rim above its origin. If the die that produced this continued to be used, it is very likely that this part of the die could have broken away and would then have produced a cud. In effect, your coin is an earlier die state. So, you now have to keep looking for another 1904 which might have the cud.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;m familiar with a &quot;retained strikethrough&quot;, but I&#039;ve never heard of these die cracks referred to as a &quot;retained&quot; cud.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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