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Can anyone tell me more about this CUD? Thanks! >>
This is by far the most common Cud in the Bust Dime series, and maybe any coin series. There are several hundred out there, and I personally have around 5!
Yet, because there are so many examples it is cool when you assemble a die stage progression from early, middle, and late die stages. I know several Bust Dime collectors, including myself, who have/are working on die stage progressions of this die marriage.
The example you bought is an early middle die stage, where the crack is just beginning to form.
It's actually a Retained Cud Die Break; the piece of the die is still in the collar.
A true cud would be a solid 'blob', because the piece that broke off fell off of the reverse die itself.
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<< <i>who cares when it has a cool cud like that? >>
Can anyone tell me more about this CUD? Thanks!
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<< <i>who cares when it has a cool cud like that? >>
Can anyone tell me more about this CUD? Thanks! >>
This is by far the most common Cud in the Bust Dime series, and maybe any coin series.
There are several hundred out there, and I personally have around 5!
Yet, because there are so many examples it is cool when you assemble a die stage progression from early, middle, and late die stages.
I know several Bust Dime collectors, including myself, who have/are working on die stage progressions of this die marriage.
The example you bought is an early middle die stage, where the crack is just beginning to form.
the piece of the die is still in the collar.
A true cud would be a solid 'blob', because
the piece that broke off fell off of the
reverse die itself.