Here is a really nice 1970-S
Lincoln Cent with a Major Die Break covering WE TRUST. It was submotted by Doug Merenda of MI at the Polish-American Numismatic Society Spring 2014 Coin Show.
Major Die Breaks are often referred to as "Cuds," a slang holdover term from the 1960s that has stuck.
A
Cud occurs when a section of the die face and corresponding shank breaks away and leaves a void in the die in its place. The die will now strike coins with a raised "blob" of metal that has been forced up into the void during the strike. On the opposite side of this
Cud is an area of weakness representing the fact that nothing was present on the opposing side to create the pressure needed to raise up the design sufficiently.
The void created by the
Cud allows excessive metal to flow in the direction of the
Cud instead of filling both sides of the coin design.
On smaller
Cuds this area of weakness may not be present.
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Shown below is an actual die with a
Cud Die Break.
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Posted 05/23/2015 12:43 pm
