The image is really too small to tell for sure, but I can tell you the difference between a crack and a
Cud.
A die crack will be raised metal on the coin that filled in a recess in the die caused by stress - a crack. It will have jagged edges and will look more or less like a reverse impression of a scar.
A
Cud is the result of a crack forming near the edge of the die that eventually broke completely away from the die leaving a totally blank area. What this transposes to the coin is a raised, unstruck area of the coin that looks like a blob of metal near the edge of the coin. A
Cud always involves a piece of a die breaking completely away at the edge...so from judging the area of the coin you imaged, it's definitely not a
Cud.
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Posted 01/31/2006 08:10 am
