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Irregular Shaped Cuds

PART IV. Die Errors:

Die Breaks:

Irregular Cuds

Definition: When an irregular chunk breaks off the corner of a die, it leaves an irregular cud on the coin.  A cud with a ragged internal border can develop gradually or instantaneously.

The images above show an irregular die break on a 1987(P) Lincoln cent.

Images are courtesy of Heritage Auctions.

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