3 Cent - 1865 Retained Cud on Reverse - My Oldest Error

Hi all,
I wanted to share my newest acquisition which now also happens to be my oldest Mint Error Coin in my collection.. It's a 1865 3 Cent Nickel (Not Silver)
with a Retained Die Break on the Reverse side. Also known as a Retained Cud.
Retained Cud info I want to share with you - http://www.error-ref.com/anvil-die-retained-cud/

Enjoy

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Thats pretty sweet bro!

 

With the US mint still cranking out errors it is easy to forget how much trouble the mint went through back then with trying to strike copper nickel coins, nickel being a harder metal that was new to coinage presented a challenge. Beginning with the FE and early IHC cents, but then onto the nickel three cent and five cent coins the mint went through dies like crazy. They chipped, cracked etc, then the other problem was die clashing caused by careless workers.

I like the doubling in the date on the piece.

 

Hey WOW
I didn't notice the doubling! Thanks for pointing that out to me!!!

 

very cool, check it for clash as well..

 

As a collector of nickel three cent pieces nice score Paddyman98 repunched date, cud, clashes, you scored the hat trick on this one! Two thumbs up!

 

Thanks! I'm just amazed at the other attributions.
I erred in stating that it was silver in my first post. I corrected it to Nickel.

 

Pun intended? I LOVE errors, and love how many yours has. Great coin

 

Nice coin, but I have to ask this question . Am I the only one that see this coin has been dipped ?

 

Sweet pick up!! I love the RPM and the clashing. What a fantastic example to own.

 

FS-304. Pretty dramatic. Not really rare.

 

Oh man.. why you want to be a party pooper! Hahaha
If that's your observation NGC didn't catch that or else it probably would of received a Details Grade.. correct?
Well whatever the case it's mine and I love it!

 

I continue to say that the grading companies do a disservice to the coin owners when they don't use the more common nomenclature on the slabs. NGC seems to be getting worse.....

 

Retained cud would be the common nomenclature or a slang description of it, but retained die break is the more precise and descriptive term. I'm with NGC on this. I would rather have the more precise description than a slang term even if the slang is more commonly used.

 

Interesting. I just did the NGC Certification Verification for this slab and the picture they have is not for a MINT ERROR. Must of been re-submitted.

 

Hopefully it is the same coin! I'm guessing if it made it through twice without a details grade it is good to go?