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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 5003668, member: 27832&quot;]I think it&#039;s more that I&#039;m not explaining clearly.</p><p><br /></p><p>When a coin is struck with a die that has a large void, metal flows into that void. That&#039;s what happens with a cud (a void bounded by the die&#039;s edge).</p><p><br /></p><p>On the face struck by that die, you see a &quot;lump&quot;, without strike detail (unless the part of the die that broke off is retained and &quot;sunken&quot;, in which case it still might hit the planchet).</p><p><br /></p><p>On the opposite face, you&#039;ll see a weak strike in the corresponding area -- instead of being forced against the recessed parts of the die, the metal flows into the void in the other die.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the coin starting this thread, I don&#039;t know what happened. If it were a weak strike or a rolled-thin planchet, I&#039;d expect weakness in the <i>date</i> and other peripheral features, and I don&#039;t see it. If it were a greaser -- well, I guess grease can land anywhere, so maybe that <i>is</i> it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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