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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 24809896, member: 24314&quot;][USER=67639]@StevenHarden[/USER]&nbsp; wrote: <span style="color: #660066">&quot;Thank you all for your replies.&nbsp; I believe I have all of the information needed.</span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">-+My initial idea that <i>these were cuds are moreover not founded.&quot;</i>&nbsp; </span></p><p><br /></p><p>Before I was rudely attacked in this discussion by a <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":blackeye:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> member who had nothing <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":muted:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> else of value to contribute such as his <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> answer to my questions directed to you...</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #000000">A &quot;cud&quot; is a die break that includes the rim, therefore, IMO we <font size="6">can</font> call these marks &quot;cuds.&quot;&nbsp; Cuds are virtually always above the coin&#039;s normal field.&nbsp; The blobs ARE RAISED on the coin.&nbsp; That&#039;s what I wanted you to see. </span></b> </p><p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)">&quot;It seems like a weak design on the opposite side of the coin is a typical result from the lack of striking pressure through a broken die, which is not seen in this piece.&nbsp; In examples of coins with cuds I have seen, the cud exists at a level higher than the field and is obviously not part of the coins original design.&quot; <span style="color: #660033">[</span><span style="color: #000000">correct <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />] </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)">You are not finished. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> What else could cause the raised cud-like blobs on your coin?&nbsp; Perhaps, young Mr. Hambone 1946 can think of a few things. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)">Insider 1939 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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