Cud Error - What is a Cud on a Coin?
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Cud
Extra metal on a coin from when the coin is struck by a broken die
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Cud - A raised lump of metal on a coin caused by a piece of a die having broken off
Cull - A coin that is extremely worn and/or damaged.
Currency -Paper money / notes used for payment.
Cud - When a die has a piece that has broken off, the result is a raised portion on the coin in the area of the broken die. That raised area is known as a Cud.
Cud
A raised place on a coin caused by a die having a piece broken off.
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cud: A form of die break that leaves a shapeless lump of metal on part of a coin adjacent to the rim. The term "cud" should not be used for an interior die break that is not adjacent to the rim.
Cud - Lump on a coin struck from a die which a piece has broken off.
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cud - When a coin is struck by a broken die, the area where the die is broken will produce extra metal on the coins surface called cud.
cud: a raised area on a coin caused when a chip of metal falls off a die.
cull: a coin worn almost completely smooth.
cud
An area of a coin struck by a die that has a complete break across part of its surface.
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Cud - A raised lump of metal on a coin caused by a piece of the die breaking off, leaving an open space on the die.
Cull - A term for a coin, usually silver dollars, that are excessively worn or damaged.
1955-S Cud Reverse / "Capped Head" Obverse Cent
Interesting Die Clashes With Raised Details In Design
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CUD A lump of metal found on a coin which has been struck with a die from which a portion has broken off.
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DEVICE A principal design element.
Cud
A raised lump on a coin caused by striking with a die having a portion of its surface cracked or broken off.
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A cud can occur anywhere on a coin design where a failure of the die has occured and a part broken or chipped away. Cuds have also occured at the base of the tail on the left hand roo causing a "double tail".
A cud is formed when a die crack becomes so severe that a piece of the die breaks away.
Retained cud fuses dentils from stars 1 to 4. Die chip and crack at point of star 4 to rim. First C of mintmark centered left of left upright of N, second centered on right upright of N.
From Parke-Bernet's sale of May 1968, Lot 179.
Letters, symbols, numbers or other marks that are stamped on a coin after minting. They could be used for special advertising or political slogans etc.
Cud
A raised place on a coin caused by a die having a piece broken off.
When the die totally breaks apart, the resultant break will result in a full, or retained, cud depending whether the broken piece falls from the die or not.
cud - cattle ranchers have one definition for cud. Coin collectors have a different one. When a coin is struck by a broken die the place where the die is broken or missing will often show up as extra metal on the surface of a coin.
A die crack of this sort (with or without the intervening die break) is what some call a pre-cud die crack. This one was found in a bag along with several specimens of our subject coin by George Schaetzle of Tennessee in 1996.
As both examples display a large cud behind George's head Kleeberg suspects the same coin was used to create both molds; he further believes their presence in the hoard suggests they were made in America.
" Two, some numismatists use the term "die stage" to refer to the specific status of a certain die state. For instance, in die state XYZ this coin exhibits a large cud at six o'clock, but in this particular die stage the cud isn' ...
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Breaks caused by metal chipping away from the edge of the die produced blobs of metal at the rim and are sometimes called "cud" breaks.
Dies are made of steel and they crack from use and then, if not removed from service, eventually break. When the die totally breaks apart, the resultant break will result in a full, or retained, cud depending whether the broken piece falls from the ...
910 United States. Hard Times Token. (1834-35). Boston, Mass. Wm. H. Milton & Co.. Hole started center of rev., Cud. HT165. Fine, flaws $15 ...
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of a coins striking relative to another, both products of the same die, by the progression of the blemish (crack) on the coin's surface. If the die deteriorates to the point that the die breaks apart, the resultant flaw takes on the blemish of a cud, ...
- An altered or non-genuine coin made to deceive collectors, usually a more valuable date or variety cud A raised lump of metal on a coin.
The only real flaw is a reverse die break, sometimes called a die cud, around the owl's beak, causing metal to flood this spot when the coin was struck and detail to be lost. Intermediate Style Owl off-center tetradrachm (16.64g, 22mm), Athens, c.
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