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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1425972, member: 15445&quot;]<b>Collect for fun (not for profit).&nbsp; If you happen to make money it is an added benefit</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is a 1969-S cent that I found in circulation when I was about 8 years old.&nbsp; It got me started collecting error &amp; variety coins.&nbsp; I have the cent in my collection today.&nbsp; The error is known as a &quot;cud&quot;.&nbsp; This cud was caused when a piece of the obverse die broke away &amp; continued striking coins.&nbsp; You can see no obverse design in the area of the cud.&nbsp; On the reverse, you can see the design fades away in the cud area because there was no obverse die to press the metal into the reverse die.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #A9A9A9">[To be honest, this particular photo is of a 1969-S cud example I purchased recently.&nbsp; This particular photo was easy to find.&nbsp; The coin I pulled from circulation when I was 8 years old is a little higher grade but I can&#039;t locate the photo easily].</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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