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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;usmc60, post: 2544416, member: 76739&quot;]Yes it may be small, but it is still a cud. This one is one of my submissions on cuds on coins and has been on there for a little while. I personally believe you&#039;re setting a bad example to any new members by insinuating the size of an error depends on what the error is.The size of an error by no way changes what the error is.As far as your statement about going on your search engine and looking up cuds. There lies a big problem. The multitude of definitions. I just picked one at random and this is what it said.</p><p>Glossary of Numismatic Terms&amp; Acronyms</p><p>Index</p><p>cud</p><p>- cattle ranchers have one definition for cud. Coin collectors have a different one. When a coin is struck by a broken die the place where the die is broken or missing will often show up as extra metal on the surface of a coin. This extra piece of metal or &quot;cud&quot; can be from a piece of the die being missing or a still intact, but moved.</p><p>cud</p><p>A raised lump of metal on a coin caused by a piece of a die having broken off.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; This is a majority of what you will find on definitions concerning die cuds.Then if you&#039;re lucky you will come across this definition.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Collectors more often than not refer to a major die break under the slang term &quot;Cud.&quot; The term has it roots in the early error-variety hobby when the use of nicknames was more prevalent than today. This is one of the few slang terms that has stuck. No matter what you want to call it, a Major Die Break or &quot;Cud&quot; always involves a breakage of the die that includes a portion of its shank and field and or design areas. In other words, it will involve a section of the die from its edge large enough to include some of the face of the die that has broken and fallen away or has in some rare cases been retained.</p><p>This is from</p><p>Ken Potter - NLG</p><p>July 17, 2006&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie24" alt=":blackalien:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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