DUers, especially if you're knowledgeable about coins, I need your expertise.

[raccoon]

What’s the word that will fill in the blank?

Some coins wear out, some are burned, and some are twisted. The US Mint calls these coins “————.”

You might ask where did I get this from. A shorthand textbook. I can’t get what this word could be. The book is Gregg shorthand for colleges: Diamond Jubilee series, volume two. 1965.

If anybody has this book, it’s in paragraph 106, page 106.

[House of Roberts]

1. Defaced?

All I could come up with.

[unblock]

2. mutilated

https://www.usmint.gov/news/consumer-alerts/mutilated-coin-program/definitions#mutilated

[soothsayer]

4. Maybe bills only?

[unblock]

5. The u.s. mint link specifically says coins

[raccoon]

8. Uncurrent! That's it. Thanks for the link.

It has to be. The shorthand for it is made up of the symbols that represent:

In- ( or un- but in this case it’s in- )
c, r, e , and the nt blend.

Thank you, my fellow DUers. I knew you could help me here.

[soothsayer]

3. Bent?

Coin Procedures
Bent or partial coin is coin that has been bent or twisted out of shape, punched, clipped, plugged, fused, or defaced, but that can be identified as to genuineness and denomination. Bent or partial coin is not redeemable at face value; it is redeemable only at its bullion (metal) value as established by the Director of the U.S. Mint.

The Federal Reserve DOES NOT accept deposits of bent or partial coin. is coin that has been bent or twisted out of shape, punched, clipped, plugged, fused, or defaced, but that can be identified as to genuineness and denomination. Bent or partial coin is not redeemable at face value; it is redeemable only at its bullion (metal) value as established by the Director of the U.S. Mint.

The Federal Reserve DOES NOT accept deposits of bent or partial coin.

https://www.frbservices.org/resources/financial-services/cash/exception-processing/mutilated-currency-coin.html

[Backseat Driver]

6. CUDS?

[soothsayer]

7. Is it definitely a 4-letter word? From the "clue"?

[raccoon]

9. No, I didn't mean to throw you off with the four dashes. Nt

[soothsayer]

10. Ah ok, thanks!

[backtoblue]

11. Mule?

[LuckyCharms]

12. Cull or cull coins. See link.

https://www.providentmetals.com/knowledge-center/precious-metals-resources/cull-coin.html

[DFW]

13. I don't know if this is the term you're looking for

But numismatists often call coins like that “culls.” It is most used these days by dealers who buy and sell large quantities of old silver dollars (as in 90% silver, minted until 1935), which are still around in the millions, and are separated out by state of preservation, a cull being the worst.

A “cud,” by the way, is the term referring to a piece of extra metal on a coin, almost always at the edge, where a die has broken. Where the part of the die is missing, instead of the intended design, a raised lump of metal appears when the coin is struck.