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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 467038, member: 11521&quot;]A cud is produced when a coin is struck by a die that has completely broken (as opposed to a die crack that is produced when a coin is struck by a die that has cracked). The cud will be located at the rim and may protrude into the surface of the coin a little or a lot depending on the size of the portion of the die that has broken off.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The cud is raised because the rest of the planchet is under tremendous pressure and the metal flows from high pressure (where it is being squeezed at great pressure between two dies) to low pressure (where a portion of the die has broken off). Think of a balloon. When you squeeze the balloon in one area the unrestrained portions of the balloon expand out. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Notice on the reverse of this coin the area directly coinciding with the cud the reverse details are very weak. That is because there was no die on the opposite side of the coin to press the planchet metal into the recesses of the reverse die. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hope this explains to you what a cud it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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