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arthrene Pillar of the Community United States 1713 Posts	Posted 09/30/2007 6:14 pm Moderators I know this coin is not US but it is an error and as there is no world coin error page I believe it is fitting to post this here. If not however, go ahead and move it to the world coin forum. Anyway, I picked up these Spanish 5 Peseta coins at my coin shop. The coin on the right appears normal. The one on the left has something funny going on in the region of the sun and on the lower wing near the star. There's also a spot above the sun, it is something stuck in the 2x2 not an actual part of the con. Can you tell me what happened here? Edited by arthrene 09/30/2007 6:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 09/30/2007 6:32 pm G'day, I'm not familiar with Spanish coins. The coin on the right, as I look at your post, seems to be the funny one. I'd call it a die crack. Some people like that sort of thing. Peter in Oz Report this Post to the Staff
Firecom911 Valued Member United States 161 Posts	Posted 09/30/2007 6:35 pm Looks to me like a Retained Cud. Report this Post to the Staff
arthrene Pillar of the Community United States 1713 Posts	Posted 09/30/2007 6:36 pm Die crack? The metal near the sun is raised as is the small line near the lower wing. It's not really a crack but maybe some type of metal flow? Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 09/30/2007 6:40 pm quote: Looks to me like a Retained Cud. That's what it is. A piece of the die broke off, but is still in the proper place. The resulting strike is very weak but still shows dentil details. Report this Post to the Staff
arthrene Pillar of the Community United States 1713 Posts	Posted 09/30/2007 6:55 pm Does this happen often? Report this Post to the Staff
errorist Valued Member United States 199 Posts	Posted 09/30/2007 7:05 pm Pretty often on business coins but not to often on proof coins. Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 09/30/2007 8:29 pm Umm, actually that's not correct. It is pretty scarce - more scarce than full Cuds. Report this Post to the Staff
Firecom911 Valued Member United States 161 Posts	Posted 09/30/2007 9:17 pm Yeah, that loose piece of die doesn't stay in place very long with all the rapid coining movement going on. It gets flung out and every coin after that is a full Cud. Nice find, Arthrene! That's a keeper! Sometimes you get lucky! Edited by Firecom911 09/30/2007 9:21 pm Report this Post to the Staff
arthrene Pillar of the Community United States 1713 Posts	Posted 09/30/2007 10:22 pm I was sorting through some loose foreign coin and there were a lot of this coin in there. I had been picking them up just to throw them back in the box. That one just looked a little funny to me. Now if only I could find such a good example in US coinage! Report this Post to the Staff
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