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Cud found

jetsmelljetsmell Posts: 3 ✭
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I just finished


a box of pennies. Found ten Wheaties, and a cud.

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    ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,916 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Welcome to the forum! :)

    Nice find! :)

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    COINS MAKE CENTSCOINS MAKE CENTS Posts: 1,888 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Trust" in your cud..... nice find

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    HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jetsmell welcome to the CU forum.

    That is a heck of a cud!

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    JBKJBK Posts: 17,463 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Now that's a cud! :p

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    gonzergonzer Posts: 3,083 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Excellent find for "in the wild".

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    JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice find!

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    DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That’s way bigger than usual. :o

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jetsmell....Welcome aboard....Wow.... that is one heck of a cud....Great find. Cheers, RickO

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    cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 8,044 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's a good one!

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    Batman23Batman23 Posts: 5,356 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Impressive cud for a newer coin. Neat find!

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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Way back when these were called 'atheist cents'.

    And were marketed as such.

    Frank

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,877 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice!

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    FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 6,027 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats - large Cud Die Breaks like that
    are not often found in rolls like that.

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
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    DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Treashunt said:
    Way back when these were called 'atheist cents'.

    And were marketed as such.

    This

    I’ve bought a couple of collections with boxes marked “freaks” as well.

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    FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 6,027 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In the mid-late '50's and early '60's they were called:

    FIDO's

    Freaks
    Irregularities
    Defects
    Odditys

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 32,444 ✭✭✭✭✭

    welcome to the forums and nice catch there

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    JBKJBK Posts: 17,463 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @FredWeinberg said:
    In the mid-late '50's and early '60's they were called:

    FIDO's

    Freaks
    Irregularities
    Defects
    Odditys

    The coins or the collectors? :#:D

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    FranklinHalfAddictFranklinHalfAddict Posts: 697 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DNADave said:
    That’s way bigger than usual. :o

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    goldengolden Posts: 10,459 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Welcome aboard. That is a nice one!

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    AotearoaAotearoa Posts: 1,621 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Maybe I'm being thick but don't cuds protrude from the coin's surface (due to a broken die)? This looks like there's a chunk missing.

    Smitten with DBLCs.

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    JBKJBK Posts: 17,463 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The cud protrudes, but if the cud is large enough, the area opposite it on the other side of the coin is depressed as there was nothing on the cud side to hold the metal in place and it flowed into the void left my the broken die.

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    SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,969 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice that no zinc was exposed.

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    AotearoaAotearoa Posts: 1,621 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 12, 2019 3:35PM

    @JBK said:
    The cud protrudes, but if the cud is large enough, the area opposite it on the other side of the coin is depressed as there was nothing on the cud side to hold the metal in place and it flowed into the void left my the broken die.

    Yes, but that does not seem to be the case with this coin. I'm not sure what we're looking at but I'm convinced it's not a cud. Again, a cud protrudes from the coin's surface.

    (Edited to add: ... unless this is an optical illusion (to my eyes) whereby what I'm seeing as a depression is actually a protrusion.)

    Smitten with DBLCs.

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    HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Aotearoa said:

    @JBK said:
    The cud protrudes, but if the cud is large enough, the area opposite it on the other side of the coin is depressed as there was nothing on the cud side to hold the metal in place and it flowed into the void left my the broken die.

    Yes, but that does not seem to be the case with this coin. I'm not sure what we're looking at but I'm convinced it's not a cud. Again, a cud protrudes from the coin's surface.

    (Edited to add: ... unless this is an optical illusion (to my eyes) whereby what I'm seeing as a depression is actually a protrusion.)

    I understand what your saying. I can see it as either, but I am leaning toward protrusion and the reverse pic helped.

    Still a very interesting find and an oblique or edge pic would help @jetsmell.

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    JBKJBK Posts: 17,463 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 12, 2019 4:28PM

    @Aotearoa said:

    (Edited to add: ... unless this is an optical illusion (to my eyes) whereby what I'm seeing as a depression is actually a protrusion.)

    Optical Illusion on your side.

    It is clear as day on my screen (which is not always the case), and the reverse matches the scenario. Also, the lighting pattern on the obverse (reflection on inner edge of cud and to the right of Abe's portrait) supports a raised cud.

    This coin is very reminiscent of one I found some years ago - same size but I think mine is in the lower part of the obverse.

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    TiborTibor Posts: 3,799 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Treashunt said:
    Way back when these were called 'atheist cents'.

    And were marketed as such.

    I remember reading an article about these in the mid 1970's in COINage magazine. I wonder how many different dates and mints are out there.

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    bsshog40bsshog40 Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice one!

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    mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool find!
    There's a site dedicated to cuds.
    You may be able to find it there.

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    messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,745 ✭✭✭✭✭

    CU-1c-1984-53 in the Cuds On Coins catalog. 68 cuds for 1984 listed there.

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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    edited

    Frank

    BHNC #203

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    HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice find.

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,958 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice find. Welcome!

    Tell us a little about your interests.

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    thebeavthebeav Posts: 4,103 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I got my first atheist cent in 1974. I think it was a 1972 vintage. I was pumping gas at the time. It was 35.9 cents a gallon. So,for a dollar, you actually got something. It wasn't unusual for someone to pull in and buy a single dollar or two. So a guy pulls in and orders a bucks worth. He steps out of the car to watch me pump. I rack the nozzle and approach him to get paid. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a hand full of change. He opens the hand and starts pawing around for a quarter....."twenty-five, thirty five,forty five.....he's counting. Meanwhile, I spy this cent in the group. I recognize the cud immediately......Get to the 'pennies' I'm thinking.....So he does......"Ninety five, ninety six......." Made my night !

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