What Do Y'all Think Of This 2014 Lincoln Cent?

His hair looks like it's sticking up on top

Ah, I see what you mean. It may be a die chip, but we can't tell for sure without close-ups.

Thedeathtouch, it could not be a Cud. A Cud must involve the rim. It liiks like a chip to me. There is no premium for this

Sorry, but these pictures still can't tell us much. As the metal is raised, I'm pretty sure we're dealing with a die chip, so not much of a premium. I'd probably still keep it, though.


No problem- it's an easy mistake to make. Dustin is correct, though, about a Cud involving the rim. A Cud occurs when a portion of the die actually breaks off, so considering the cylindrical shape of the die, it makes sense that it would come from the rim. A chip is just what it sounds like- a small piece of the die, usually in or adjacent to a device, that breaks away.

It could be a die gouge, dent or just a gas bubble. If you had a OBW roll of these, then you could tell it is was a one time event (damage or gas bubble) or a die event.

On a separate note I have a Kennedy half I noticed last night while putting away coins to sort from my trip that just seems so wrong and off from everything about a Kennedy (almost think it's fake) can I show y'all here or should I do a new post ?

Coop was talking about a gouge in the die, not the coin, so it would be recessed on the die and raised on the coin.
The reason that a coin with a Cud can't have extra metal is that each planchet (blank disc) going into the striking chamber has the same amount of metal, so some of that metal will be used to form the Cud instead of going to other places. If you see a Cud, you may notice that the area of the design on opposite the Cud on the reverse will be weak or absent due to the lack of pressure.