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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2016285, member: 15445&quot;]Let’s post some of our favorite coins that have cuds on them.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I know some of us have really interesting pieces to share. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I’ll begin with my favorite cud on a cent coin.&nbsp; The coin is listed in The Design Cud as LC-69S-04 and on the cuds-on-coins website as CU-1c-1969S-01.&nbsp; I found one of these in circulation and it’s the coin that got me hooked on error coins.&nbsp; In 1969 my local coin shop offered $8 for what cost me 1-cent.&nbsp; Yep, that offer of 800% profit got my attention and I still have the coin today.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]363989[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p>Fundamentally, a cud occurs when a die fatigues and affects some portion of a coin [extending to affect the edge of the coin].&nbsp; The broken die may be the obverse, reverse, or collar die.&nbsp; PCGS defines a cud as <span style="color: #00b300">“An area of a coin struck by a die that has a complete break across part of its surface. A cud may be either a retained cud, where the faulty piece of the die is still in place, or a full cud, where the piece of the die has fallen away. Retained cuds usually have dentil detail if on the edge, while full cuds do not”</span>.&nbsp; There are several good books describing cuds authored by the late Arnold Margolis, Sam Thurman &amp; Allan Herbert. The website <a href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cuds-on-coins.com/" rel="nofollow">http://cuds-on-coins.com</a> provides further definitions and a plethora of information online.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We don’t need to dwell on the technical nuances of die cracks, chips, and cuds in this thread.&nbsp; <u>Let’s just post some cool cud coin photos</u>.&nbsp; Here is a 1991 cent with a large cud on the reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]363990[/ATTACH] </p><p>Post ‘em if you got ‘em.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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