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Congratulations! That is a nice one!  |
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@ Crazyb0 - A Cud pretty much jumps out at you and you can usually spot them with the naked eye - especially on the quarters, nickels & dimes. |
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Nice find! Cuds are a bit more common on nickels then other coins due to the fact that nickel is harder than copper, thus since nickels have the most nickel in them, the dies used to strike nickels break more often then other coins. Cuds on recent dated coins are extremely scarce, since modern quality control procedures at the mint keep most of them from reaching circulation. |
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Quote: Cuds are a bit more common on nickels then other coins due to the fact that nickel is harder than copper Maybe I should start hunting nickels then. I love Cuds |
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due to the fact that nickel is harder than copper The actual difference between the hardness of 1c and 5c is quite minimal and not significant: 1c Hardness Range is 62-72 5c Hardness Range is 60-69 Source: ALTERNATIVE METALS STUDY Contract Number: TM-HQ-11-C-0049 FINAL REPORT August 31, 2012 Submitted to: United States Mint 801 Ninth Street, NW Washington, DC 20220 |
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For me the highest probability coin for finding a Cud has been on the quarter, then the cent and then the nickel. I find one Cud in about every 10,000 quarters, maybe one in every 100,000 cents and I don't know for nickels because I have only found a few on nickels out of a gazillion searched. I have found more struck with split dies on nickels than Cuds. I figured the nickel was harder and therefore I would find more Cuds. Somehow that has not been the case for me at all. Still Lookin |
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I think besides the hardnass, the size of the coin and the quantity minted for a particular denomination determines the numbers of Cuds denomination wise. Here's an 83-P I found in a bank roll.  Please pardon the picture, it was the first pic of a coin that I ever took. |
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Thanks Dustin. It knocked my socks off when I found it. Other than being a nickel, very similar to the OP's coin.
On second thought, maybe that's the one you're referring to, in which case I have already agreed.
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Man, that's one SWEET Cud, CM! |
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Thanks CC2000. Us finding them in the wild makes em even sweeter. |
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