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Valued Member
United States
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Here is a picture of a Cud penny I found a little while ago...is this a pretty big Cud...this is the only one I have found...are they rare?...also I found this nickel and I cannot determine if it is a Cud or not so I thought I would post pics for the experts on here   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's a pretty good whopper there on the cent. The nickel is interesting. Not a Cud, but will wait on this one :) |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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The cent is a nice large Cud. The nickel looks like a foreign material on the coin. You only posted one side of each coin. If you look at the other side you will see a weakness opposite the Cud which is an indicator of authenticity. The other side of the nickel probably looks normal. |
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 United States
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Ya there is a clear indent on the penny on the reverse and nothing on the front of the nickel I forgot to mention that....probably just some foreign material...worth keeping or just a another for the pile back to the bank? hah
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Pillar of the Community
United States
601 Posts |
Fantastic Cud on the Cent, the nickel is quite interesting. Looks more like catastrophic die damage, but could be foreign material adhered to the coin, probably less likely though. Very interesting. |
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Canada
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First pick very nice large Cud. Second pic die break |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The nickel has foreign material on it, not a Cud or die break. I can see the upper curve of the S in PLURIBUS underneath the gunk and it does not go all the way to the rim- neither of those situations would occur with a genuine cud/die break. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The nickel has a line of solder on the reverse.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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United States
250 Posts |
im kind of going with mike diamond on this one it does seem to be more like solder and not like a die break as I have a few and know a little about die breaks...weird nickel never seen that before was hoping it was a Cud but guess not....thanks for the help/input everyone |
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Canada
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United States
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The nickel was probably used as a stick pin many years ago. A pin was soldered to the reverse and eventually fell off. The solder marks are in a straight line and the pin would have extended down in a position to allow the obverse of the coin (Jefferson's Head) to be in an upright orientation.
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