Cud found

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jetsmell
jetsmell Posts: 3 ✭
in U.S. Coin Forum

I just finished


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

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  • ifthevamzarockin
    ifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,915 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Welcome to the forum! :)

    Nice find! :)

  • COINS MAKE CENTS
    COINS MAKE CENTS Posts: 1,907 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    "Trust" in your cud..... nice find

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    HAPPY COLLECTING


  • Hemispherical
    Hemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @jetsmell welcome to the CU forum.

    That is a heck of a cud!

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,860 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Now that's a cud! :p

  • gonzer
    gonzer Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Excellent find for "in the wild".

  • Jimnight
    Jimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice find!

  • DNADave
    DNADave Posts: 7,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That’s way bigger than usual. :o

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @jetsmell....Welcome aboard....Wow.... that is one heck of a cud....Great find. Cheers, RickO

  • cmerlo1
    cmerlo1 Posts: 8,075 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That's a good one!

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  • Batman23
    Batman23 Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Impressive cud for a newer coin. Neat find!

  • Treashunt
    Treashunt Posts: 6,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Way back when these were called 'atheist cents'.

    And were marketed as such.

    Frank

    BHNC #203

  • CaptHenway
    CaptHenway Posts: 34,167 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice!

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  • FredWeinberg
    FredWeinberg Posts: 6,039 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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.
  • DNADave
    DNADave Posts: 7,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @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.

  • FredWeinberg
    FredWeinberg Posts: 6,039 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    In the mid-late '50's and early '60's they were called:

    FIDO's

    Freaks
    Irregularities
    Defects
    Odditys

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  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,063 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    welcome to the forums and nice catch there

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,860 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @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

  • FranklinHalfAddict
    FranklinHalfAddict Posts: 697 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @DNADave said:
    That’s way bigger than usual. :o

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  • golden
    golden Posts: 10,535 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Welcome aboard. That is a nice one!

  • Aotearoa
    Aotearoa Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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.

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,860 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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.

  • Smudge
    Smudge Posts: 10,001 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice that no zinc was exposed.

  • Aotearoa
    Aotearoa Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @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.

  • Hemispherical
    Hemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @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.

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,860 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 12, 2019 4:28PM
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    @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.

  • Tibor
    Tibor Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @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.

  • bsshog40
    bsshog40 Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice one!

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  • mannie gray
    mannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Cool find!
    There's a site dedicated to cuds.
    You may be able to find it there.

  • messydesk
    messydesk Posts: 20,814 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    CU-1c-1984-53 in the Cuds On Coins catalog. 68 cuds for 1984 listed there.

    John
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  • Treashunt
    Treashunt Posts: 6,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited

    Frank

    BHNC #203

  • Hydrant
    Hydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice find.

  • ms70
    ms70 Posts: 13,958 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice find. Welcome!

    Tell us a little about your interests.

  • thebeav
    thebeav Posts: 4,116 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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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