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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1497583, member: 66&quot;]This is what is called a rim cud.</p><p><br /></p><p>Imagine you are 2 mm tall and you are standing on the field of the die.&nbsp; Around you are &quot;holes in the filed that create the letters when the coins are struck.&nbsp; Now let&#039;s walk over to the edge of the die and look over the edge.&nbsp; A short drop down is another flat ledge that runs around the die.&nbsp; That ledge is what creates the flat top surface of the rim.&nbsp; Now if a piece of that ledge breaks off when you strike the coin there will be a raised lump of metal or &quot;cud&quot; that is only on the rim.&nbsp; A rim cud.&nbsp; That is what has happened to your coin, a piece of that ledge has broken away.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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