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Does a Cud have to be connected to the Rim of a coin?
Smittys
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Yes, otherwise, it's a die chip...(I think.)
Yes, a cud needs to include the rim.
I agree that this would be considered a die chip...a large one at that. However, any bigger and some might consider it an internal die break.
I would refer to it as an interior die break, since it's far bigger than what I would consider a chip.
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As mentioned above, a Cud has to involve the
broken edge of the die - this is a large die chip.
I would agree with the other responders here and say that the accepted definition of a 'cud' requires that it connect with the rim, which on this coin it does not. Therefore, it should be classified as an 'interior die break', or chip. Or, in keeping with the completely illogical choice of words for these types of errors (cud ?), perhaps we should term this specific error as a 'goiter'.
The origin of the word 'cud' goes back to to at least
the mid-1960's. I believe that Mort Goodman came
up with the word, because those blobs of metal
resembled cow's (chewing) Cuds. The name was
popularized by the national error organization at
the time, NECA (and CONE), local error coin clubs,
and in dealers price lists.
It is as illogical as the term 'Cllp' is - that's a short
easy word for Incomplete Planchet, and for me,
Cud is a short, easy word for Detached Piece of
DieBreak.
That Die Chip on the '56 is a die chip - simple, two
words........
Just my view
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great die chip -goiter!
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Poor Abe... now he has a goiter.....
Cheers, RickO
more like a Zenkers
Mort Goodman authored the book "The Design Cud" in the 70's.