Interesting Cud (at least I think it's a cud)

UtahCoin

Check the extra metal above MS Liberty's ear

savoyspecial

knob ear variety

greg

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Thanks! Shows what I know about Large Cent Varieties

Raybo

Tumor.

Ray

Unknown

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Coxe

Breen-1916b / Newcomb 9 LDS

MrHalfDime

The 1855 "Knob on Ear" variety Large Cent was one of Jules Reiver's favorites. He once showed me a die progression set, with as many as thirty different die states, each one progressively more pronounced than the previous. The latest die states that he had exhibited a huge mound (cud) on the ear, prompting him to comment "They wouldn't have stacked too well, would they?".

Mercury10c

A cud is a die break that involves the shank of the die, therefore this is not a cud, but it is cool anyway.

MrHalfDime

If, by your definition, a cud only involved the 'shank' of a die, how would a cud ever appear on a coin?

errormaven

Your coin shows a lump large enough to warrant the label "internal die break" or "interior die break". Basically it's a die chip on steroids.

A cud is a die break that carries away the rim gutter and at least a little bit of the field portion of the die, along with the adjacent part of the die neck (shank).