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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tequilaDave, post: 934558, member: 21609&quot;]Here&#039;s my 1943 Cud error coin. Cool, huh?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center"><b><font size="5"><font size="2"><i>Recent Finds ...</i></font></font></b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><font size="5"><font size="2"></font><span style="color: #0000ff">Steel Cent Cud Found In BU Roll</span></font></b> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://conecaonline.org/image/19431cCudRevimagebyDavidWinnOvrLap500.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://conecaonline.org/image/19431cCudRevimagebyDavidWinnCloseUpAr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="1">Images courtesy of David Winn</font> </p> <p style="text-align: left">&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size="3"> June 26, 2010 --&nbsp; David Winn reports finding a neat looking Major Die Break on the reverse of a 1943 zinc coated steel cent.&nbsp; Major Die Breaks are often affectionately referred to as Cuds.&nbsp; He said that he found it while searching what he perceived to be an original roll vs. a put-together-roll since many of the coins in the roll shared the same die characteristics (such as the same die breaks, etc.).&nbsp; He noticed that this particular Cud is rather symmetrical &quot;with sharp angles&quot; unlike the majority of other cuds that are more often than not, &quot;an amorphous blob .&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; The zinc plated steel cent planchets used in 1943 wreaked havoc on the dies resulting in extreme die wear and breakage.</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Over 80 cuds are known for the Philadelphia issue alone and 51 for the San Francisco Mint.&nbsp; Mysteriously and in shark contrast, Denver only produced a total of two cuds known so far.</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; These numbers are based on the listings found in Sam Thurman and Arnold Margolis&#039;, The Cud Book produced in 1997 and their 2001 The Cud Book Supplement.&nbsp; Undoubtedly a few more have been added to the list since then.&nbsp; While the quality of the images in The Cud Book are somewhat lacking and don&#039;t allow me to to positively identify Winn&#039;s variety by it&#039;s listing number (if it is listed) or be able to tell if it is a new one, it is without a doubt a neat find and because it&#039;s on a steel cent and in demand by error collectors more so than other cuds of similar vintage.&nbsp; To learn more about cuds, what they are and what they aren&#039;t, and a look at several actual dies that produced cuds go here: <a href="http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/WhatIsACud.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/WhatIsACud.htm" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e69919">http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/WhatIsACud.htm</span></a>.&nbsp; Don&#039;t forget to visit <a href="http://www.coinspace.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinspace.org/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e69919">www.CoinSpace.org</span></a> while you&#039;re at it!&nbsp; Winn, (aka TequilaDave), is the moderator of CoinSpace.&nbsp;&nbsp; KP&nbsp; </font> </p> <p style="text-align: left">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: left">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: left"><a href="http://www.conecaonline.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.conecaonline.org/" rel="nofollow"><font size="4"><span style="color: #e69919">http://www.conecaonline.org/</span></font></a></p> <p style="text-align: left">&nbsp;</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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