Is This A Long Die Chip? Or Would It Be A Cud?

I collect much older coins and am not up to speed on these newer "plated" coins that have all kinds of construction woes. The way that this anomaly passes through 2 separate beads, with different visual results, makes me feel that it is not a die scratch or gouge. To me, the coin is worth 1 cent and, if you want to keep it as something the closest that you have come for an error, then put it in a holder. Almost everything that you post has that "I hope it's worth a premium" wish imbedded in the post. There are error collectors that look for certain type legitimate errors, but you haven't got to one yet. Error collectors DON'T collect to make a profit; it's just the opposite.

I find this coin distracting. Your choice of a flat, blunt toothpick is correct. That's what I meant by fingers. As has been stated by others ... unless you can see the anomaly with your bare eyes, it probably isn't worth spending much time on. In the future, try to furnish all the information that we seek later in the post in the first post, such as "is it raised or incuse", "is it metal", "is it solid or does it give", etc. All of your threads take up a lot of space because of all the questions that arise. You DO NOT have to have a microscope or camera to detect errors. A good loupe for less than $20-25 is all you need if your eyes tell you that you need some magnification. If you get a microscope, you may end up with seeing an error/variety with every single look that you take, like Rocky. Too many inputs come into play once you start with lighting, magnification and tilting and they give very false impressions to what's there.

Also I can easily see this with my eyes without my camera.

Here is a better not super zoomed in shot, it passes through 2 beads but the beads are still there so this would be a die gouge unless you have info on something that can pass for a die gouge

@okiecoiner, if it's more rare then basic die wear then I'll save it, based on coops article it is to big to be a die scratch I think, mayb someone who has expertise in this specific field with more modern coins will chime in about it to confirm.

Possible, the die could have been dropped on something as well, who knows.

At john100 I can easily see it with the naked eye so based on your comment it is a keeper?

It is a plating bubble, not a die gouge. This is a common issue for the copper-plated zinc (CPZ) 1-cent coins from 1997 onwards. The copper-plated steel 1c coins (the ones with the 'P' on them, or stick to a magnet) do not have this issue. For those of us that have 1c PCGS Registry sets, they are a real pain (detracts from the grade).

No premium or value to any error or variety collector, it's a conversation piece. Keep it if you like - that is why we collect.

Here is a nice MS-66 2003 CPZ (from smallcentguy's PCGS registry), and I point out the plating bubble issues with the blue arrows.

This bubble looks exactly like examples of die gouges iv seen so how can I find out for sure if it's a bubble or not