Cuds and Chips

It's a 2006 British 5 Pence. Would this classify as a rim cud? Thanks!

 

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Wasn't something like this posted a short time ago? Personally, I think it is just a die chip.

Chris

 

Hey, do me a big favor there 9ball. Stop replying to my posts! That will save us both a lot of problems!

 

Looks both - a chip on the bead and the start of a rim break.

 

not nice, he was just being honest.

 

He's a pain! He's condescending and belligerent! This is an on-going problem with this guy.

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Oh no! I'm loosing my reputation around here!

 

I'm sure 9ball is out there right now PM'ing and crying to a monitor.

 

Frank, you just can't please some people.

Chris

 

Like Doug?

 

Die chip.

 

Intuitively obvious to the most casual observer, die chip, eh?

 

So you're both saying the anomaly coming off the rim and connecting to one of those dots is a die chip?

 

Yes. But when that chip is connected to the rim, we call it a "cud."

Didn't SPP weigh in on this one, here or elsewhere? His opinion would be definitive to me, if he did.

 

Because it's so tiny, I'm good with calling it a cud or a chip. Nice image. The two other chips are a bit cool. It would be fun to find a coin where they advanced on into the rim.

 

Who's SPP?

 

I would call it a chip due to the size and the fact that there are similar (but smaller) chips along the rim at 3, 6, and 8 o'clock as well. Could you technically call it a cud and be correct? Probably; but when I think of a cud I picture something more like this:

 

SPP-Ottawa. He's a member here and elsewhere. He's Canadian, and in the areas where he expresses expertise he's Canada's equivalent of Mike Diamond. Although yours is a British issue, Canadian coinage uses very similar design and he'd be well-versed in the foibles of beaded-rim dies.

Agreed; my last was more stirring the pot than anything else. Hence, the smiley.