Question About The Definition Of A Cud

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tcekolin Valued Member United States 69 Posts	Posted 06/05/2007 8:53 pm Ok O wizardly ones, I have a dime which has a die crack on the reverse that extend from the top of the torch, up in the left side of the letter O in OF and on up into the rim. It is nice and jagged and raised up from the surface of the dime. Unfortunately, my photographic skills aren't yet up to imaging this dime and my scanner would just make a hash of it as well, so I can't really show it to you at this time. So my question is: do you call this a crack or a Cud or both or what? - Tony Report this Post to the Staff

garylcsr Pillar of the Community United States 1952 Posts	Posted 06/05/2007 9:05 pm A Cud will only be on the rim anything else is either a scratch or crack. look at this finished auction on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/2007-Montana-St...or_W0QQitemZ 120123566036QQihZ002QQcategoryZ149687QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem that is a Cud. it is not an error and is not worth more than .25 cents. but as you see there are plenty of people buying them as errors. Hope that answers your question Gary too Report this Post to the Staff
tcekolin Valued Member United States 69 Posts	Posted 06/05/2007 9:10 pm So, just because the rim is involved doesn't make it necessarily a Cud, but to be a Cud, it must involve the rim - yes? - Tony Report this Post to the Staff
tmor Valued Member United States 159 Posts	Posted 06/05/2007 11:22 pm A Cud is caused by a die crack that, over time, causes a piece of the die to break off. It appears as a raised area on the rim of the coin. It is hard to place a value on such an error, but it certainly has some sort of premium associated with it. Report this Post to the Staff
garylcsr Pillar of the Community United States 1952 Posts	Posted 06/06/2007 12:27 am exactly what tmor said Gary too Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 06/07/2007 3:54 pm Actually Cuds are errors - they are die errors. They do carry premium value because some people collect errors and are willing to spend good money on them. What the others said regarding Cuds is correct. They are the result of a piece of the edge of the die missing - broken off - that causes the strike to fail to hit a part of the coin leaving the unstruck planchet bare and raised. There will be no detail on a Cud area, and it will have a sharp, usually rounded edge. Report this Post to the Staff
garylcsr Pillar of the Community United States 1952 Posts	Posted 06/07/2007 4:49 pm welcome back Chuck. Gary too Report this Post to the Staff
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