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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SilverLoot, post: 1362712, member: 35969&quot;]<b>Cud?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I looked into the die break theory. Basically a piece of the die mold breaks, then when the coin is cast, the molten metal flows into the empty chip and makes a bump type thing, sometimes called a &#039;cud&#039;. But if that&#039;s what happened, the letters would no longer be visible, because there wouldn&#039;t be any mold there for the design, right? The only thing I can deduce is that the blank slug had these splattered bumps on it before it was stamped with the design. That would explain why the large lump where there is no design is intact, and the smaller one looks smushed down where the &#039;U&#039; hit it. I don&#039;t know much about coin production. -is this theory possible?</p><p>I came across one similar example in this forum entitled &#039;1990 Loonie Lump&#039;, I think. They were saying some metal may have bubbled up under the plating? It didn&#039;t sound like they arrived at any conclusive results either. Is this mystery solvable?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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