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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dougmeister, post: 2056657, member: 56842&quot;]Does this help?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coinauctionshelp.com/diecracksminterror.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinauctionshelp.com/diecracksminterror.html" rel="nofollow">http://coinauctionshelp.com/diecracksminterror.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also this:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_defect" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_defect" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_defect</a></p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><font size="2">&quot;A <b>die crack</b> occurs when a die, after being subjected to immense pressure during the minting process, cracks, causing a small gap in the die. If this damaged die continues to produce coins, the metal will fill into the crack, thus revealing a <b><u>raised line of metal</u></b> in the finished coin&quot;</font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2"><i>(Die cracks are raised, whereas scratches have displaced metal and are therefore &quot;sunk&quot; into the coin)</i></font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">&quot;A <b>cud</b> is a variation of a die defect in which the coin bears a raised portion of metal. Unlike a die crack, this unintentional &quot;bump&quot; in the coin is caused by a dent or gouge in the die, therefore allowing the coin to fill into the gap during the minting process. A very minuscule cud can look like a small chunk of metal that was somehow fused to the coin... A prominent cud looks like a blank section of a coin, usually toward the rim of the coin.&quot;</font></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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