Steve: Yes it most certainly is. Did you know that in the Lincoln series there are over 2000 known cuds? I have about 500 or so myself. And as I remember, there is only 1 proof cud. And of all dates I believe its on the 1969S. Go figure.
"One of the best-known and best-loved error types is the "major die break", or "cud". A cud is produced when a piece of the die breaks off, carrying with it part of the die face and an adjacent portion of the die neck. The result is a raised lump on the coin that extends a varying distance in from the edge. On the coin's opposite face there is a corresponding featureless area which is usually slightly hollowed. It is caused by the lack of resistance to the impact of the die and a tendency for the metal to follow the path of least resistance and rise into the gap in the broken die."
The cud is due to die failure,a die crack forms in the die metal,and that crack is aggrevated by succesive strikes.In which the planchet metal is forced into the die crack.The die actualy breaks away,leaving a void in the die design...Al
With the extremely short production cycles on the states coins they don't have time to perfect the dies before it's time to move on. It's surprising there aren't a lot more cuds on these coins.
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"One of the best-known and best-loved error types is the "major die break", or "cud". A cud is produced when a piece of the die breaks off, carrying with it part of the die face and an adjacent portion of the die neck. The result is a raised lump on the coin that extends a varying distance in from the edge. On the coin's opposite face there is a corresponding featureless area which is usually slightly hollowed. It is caused by the lack of resistance to the impact of the die and a tendency for the metal to follow the path of least resistance and rise into the gap in the broken die."
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time to perfect the dies before it's time to move on. It's surprising there aren't a
lot more cuds on these coins.
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