1863 Indian Head Cent with retained cud

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• STONE Posts: 15,275 ✭

  February 21, 2011 1:15AM

  I've seen it before.
  
  To a Cud/Die Crack/Error collector it demands a small/modest premium over the regular value of the coin.

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• CaptHenway Posts: 32,736 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 21, 2011 1:19AM

  I do not recall seeing that one before.
  It is nice, but I agree that the premium is small.
  TD

  Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.

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• ThePennyLady Posts: 4,495 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 21, 2011 1:20AM

  I've seen it a few times and really like how dramatic the retained cud is. The premium will depend on how large the retained cud is, how displaced it is, and of course the quality of the coin. I have a couple in my collection.....
  
  
  
  

  Charmy Harker
  The Penny Lady®

  https://thepennylady.com/

  

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• EagleEye Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 21, 2011 3:57AM

  Most Indian cent reverse retained cuds show the detail sunken because it is the anvil die (bottom). The broken part of the die slides down into the press and doesn't fall out of the die. The OP's coin is unusual in that the broken part of the die is sticking out more than the rest of the die (it impresses into the coin deeper). It is fighting gravity and the pounding of the obverse die.

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