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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 7609733, member: 24314&quot;]<i><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)">Note that with carful reading Doug answered his own non-question.&nbsp; Fortunately, there is no longer any argument between the numismatists who study the minting process.&nbsp; So, a collector can get with the program or appear to be ignorant.&nbsp; </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)">Breaks in the die that are larger than a squiggly crack line indicate a chunk has broken off the die.&nbsp; If the chunk is on the rim it is a cud.&nbsp; When a chunk breaks away along the crack line it is a die chip.&nbsp; Coins exist with die breaks that do not reach either rim (common on Lincolns and Jeffersons).&nbsp; Chips can occur internally without any associated crack line (common on Barber dimes).&nbsp; Cuds are an entirely different characteristic.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)">The size if the characteristic does not change what it is.&nbsp; A tiny cud occurs for the same reason a major cud appears.&nbsp; Ditto a tiny die chip and a major one.&nbsp; </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)">&nbsp;</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)">Look, I&#039;m accused of being a know-it-all.&nbsp; Nothing could be further from the truth.&nbsp; I&#039;m actually a good reader with good comprehension.&nbsp; The correct info is out there if you bother to look.&nbsp; Otherwise, please argue with yourselves. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)">&nbsp;</span></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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