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Message:: [QUOTE="JCro57, post: 4285440, member: 92083"]The Indian cent actually is a Mint error AND a Die STAGE. (It's actually a "die stage error.") It is not a "die STATE." Die state and die stage are two separate things. Die STAGE is damage done to the die after the start of the first planchet struck. A cud, a die clash, die cracks, die chips, split dies, gouges from debris being struck in the chamber, etc. Cuds could be the result of defective dies that become compromised as dozens of tons of pressure with each strike. Die STATE is the level of wear on the die faces as the striking process moves forward. A sharp strike with clearly defined designs is an early die state. As a die strikes thousands of planchets, the designs aren't as sharp. It runs as early, middle, and late die state for coins.[/QUOTE]