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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hommer, post: 2309357, member: 73266&quot;]I was taught ( actually self taught) that the details on a coin are identified by the details of the die that made it. If you think of it this way it can be easy to understand.&nbsp; Describing the die, a cud is a piece of the die that has broken or a better description would be split off. The reason they cross the rim. There are two types of details on a coin that describe this this piece of die. One where the piece is broken off completely and is missing,&nbsp; which allows metal to flow into the void left by the missing piece or cud. The other is where the cud or broken piece is retained and actually transfers it&#039;s details to the coin, which we call a retained cud. It isn&#039;t the glob of metal on a coin that gives it a name, but the actual description of the die. The same as a doubled die coin is described by the die it was struck from.</p><p>A chip can be anywhere on the die and are just that, a chip off the surface of the die.</p><p>A cud is a piece of the die. A die chip is a chip off the surface of the die.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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