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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cdb1950, post: 39912, member: 1735&quot;]Great find!&nbsp; That is a pretty amazing die break or &#039;cud&#039;.&nbsp; Very popular among error collectors. I&#039;d think you could sell this for enough to take a couple people to dinner at the best restaraunt in Ogden.&nbsp; I&#039;ll look in the cud book when I find it to see if it is a known die break.&nbsp; Usually, these large cuds occur in stages and there might be an earlier known die state where the date is still present.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse &#039;bubble&#039; occured during the strike.&nbsp; With so much of the obverse die missing, the reverse die really didn&#039;t have much to press against during the strike, so a large part of the reverse design opposite the break wasn&#039;t transferred to the planchet.&nbsp; The metal just kind of &#039;pouched&#039; up into the obverse die break.&nbsp; It had to go somewhere, and since the rim was secured against the collar and the reverse die was on the bottom, the metal just pushed up into the hole of the die break.&nbsp; This is common with cuds, the larger the cud, the more dramatic the reverse blank area.</p><p><br /></p><p>Excellent find!&nbsp; Congratulations![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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