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<p>[QUOTE="USCoinCollector42, post: 3095948, member: 75732"]That's a die break in the 'R' in LIBERTY. I think the 9 in the date is just flattened but it also resembles a die break. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, just a guess but I think the reason your coin is so shiny is because it was heavily polished after it left the mint. Even mint state coins don't have that type of luster. </p><p><br /></p><p>Oh and cuds are basically just blobs of excess metal on the rim of a coin. They can happen on any denomination. Here's one I found on a nickel I got as change: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-cud.315141/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-cud.315141/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-cud.315141/</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="USCoinCollector42, post: 3095948, member: 75732"]That's a die break in the 'R' in LIBERTY. I think the 9 in the date is just flattened but it also resembles a die break. Also, just a guess but I think the reason your coin is so shiny is because it was heavily polished after it left the mint. Even mint state coins don't have that type of luster. Oh and cuds are basically just blobs of excess metal on the rim of a coin. They can happen on any denomination. Here's one I found on a nickel I got as change: [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-cud.315141/[/url].[/QUOTE]
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