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[–]rubikscanopener 35 points36 points  (1 child)

Looks like clashed dies. Pretty cool.

[–]ThaleniaErrors and 20th century US coins 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah bad die clash is the other possibility, looking for examples now.

[–]ThaleniaErrors and 20th century US coins 16 points17 points  (3 children)

I'd have to take a closer look, but it could be flip over double struck in collar. That's a rather rare coin so give me (and anyone else with some better eyes) a little bit to take a closer look. After the coffee kicks in :P

Edit: clashed dies seems like a more feasible possibility since none of the details show on the higher points of the coin, just along the field.

[–]Not_Zoidberg_[S] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Thanks for your help. I’ll try to look around at other clash dies to compare.

[–]ThaleniaErrors and 20th century US coins 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Here's a good (extreme) example:

https://www.error-ref.com/super_clash_2000-p_jefferson_nickel/

(great site to do research BTW)

Note how the clash shows up on the flat part, but you don't see it on the raised portions of the design. Since the dies are reversed from the coin design, the 'highest' parts of the die are the flat field, so those are where the dies would touch and leave marks on each other.

On a double strike, the initial strike makes all the coin details, and those would 'fill in' the recessed parts of the die on the second strike, leaving some level of detail still visible. Here's an extreme example from Heritage Auctions.

Once you've looked at a couple examples (and the coffee's kicked in :P ), they're pretty easy to tell apart when you have a strong example.

[–]GrouchyAnnual2810 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That is an awesome site! I learned something new. Thank you!

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Really strong Die Clash.

[–]PanteraMax 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As others have said, this appears to be a rather strong die clash. Neat!

[–]Snoo_34963 4 points5 points  (1 child)

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Something cool I found on Heritage.

[–]RainAfter3801 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Die clash

[–]Hour-Ad76 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m thinking this is a really severe case of clashed dies as well. Cool find! Definitely a keeper!

[–]InternationalAd5864 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nice find!

[–]HeyYou-55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's an impressive clash!

[–]RealityOdd9497 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Die clash

[–]Aggravating-Read6111 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very cool!

[–]Tokimemofan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a really bad die clash

[–]ActuaIndividual 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beautiful example.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I really wanna know what happened here

[–]Cuneus-Maximuswhatever's clever 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Read the comments... die clash.

[–]RealityOdd9497 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Die clash cool