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Missing letters are generally caused by a filled (dirty) die. Dies occasionally get grease on them filling in parts of it which causes the coin to look mushy and lack detail in a certain location. These dont usually carry a premium in circulated grades but it is a nice oddity to have in a collection.
Posted 05/03/2006 12:00 pm
Hi Thingee
Missing letters as Biokemist explained are usually the result of a filled die,when portions of the die become compacted with debris usually grease and or metal filings the coin metal cannot flow into the die,thus no detail of the affected area,, these type of errors seldom carry much value although even at .50 for a cent or a nickel is 50x face for the cent and 10x face for the nickel.
Cud's are often times looked at as extra metal when in fact they are not composed of extra metal, but are formed from normal size and weight planchet.
Cuds are a large die chip or break that occurs at or near the rim of a die, the coin metal flows into this void and forms a Cud,,
die chips inside of the detail of a coin are called die chips and often carry only a small premium but Cud's on the other hand have a fairly large base of collectors and carry a bit more depending upon size and location they can actually carry a very nice value !!
Rick
Missing letters as Biokemist explained are usually the result of a filled die,when portions of the die become compacted with debris usually grease and or metal filings the coin metal cannot flow into the die,thus no detail of the affected area,, these type of errors seldom carry much value although even at .50 for a cent or a nickel is 50x face for the cent and 10x face for the nickel.
Cud's are often times looked at as extra metal when in fact they are not composed of extra metal, but are formed from normal size and weight planchet.
Cuds are a large die chip or break that occurs at or near the rim of a die, the coin metal flows into this void and forms a Cud,,
die chips inside of the detail of a coin are called die chips and often carry only a small premium but Cud's on the other hand have a fairly large base of collectors and carry a bit more depending upon size and location they can actually carry a very nice value !!
Rick
Edited by Metalman
05/03/2006 12:03 pm
05/03/2006 12:03 pm
