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clash marks: the damage caused when dies smash into each other with no coin blank between them. Clash marks can be minor, severe, or anything in-between.

 


Clash Marks - Impressions of part of a device or legend of one die onto the field of the die facing it in the press. Caused by the dies striking each other at normal coining force without a planchet between them.

Clash Mark(s) - Outlines and/or traces of designs from the opposite side of a coin resulting from die clash.

clash mark(s)
Elements of designs from the opposite side of a coin which is the result of coin dies clashing into one another when no planchet is present during the striking process.

clash marks
Coins showing signs of a clashed die where the obverse will have images from the reverse and vice versa.
clashed dies ...

clash marks The images of the dies seen on coins struck from clashed dies. The obverse will have images from the reverse and vice versa.

DIE CLASH MARKS
Faint but observable impressions or portions of the obverse die upon the reverse of a coin or vice versa. See Clashed Die(s).
DIE CRACK ...

Obverse Clash Marks
997 1848-D AU-50. Lustrous yellow gold with a definitive olive glow. A second example with severe obverse clash marks (see note at Lot 995). Rare so fine.
Purchased from J. Flickenger, August 1, 1972.

Clash marks are seen on many varieties of early coins and were caused by two dies coming together without an intervening planchet.

Clash Marks crossing ear on a 2004-D Roosevelt dime from clashed misaligned dies (approx 5%).
Coin courtesy of Erik Nielsen ...

CLASH MARKS The impression of a die which has been left in the die that faces it in a press. This is caused when the dies strike each other during the coining process when there is no planchet between them.

Clash Marks
Marks on the DIE caused by the unintentional striking of a coin without a PLANCHET being in the die. Each side of the die impresses reversed portions of its design on the other.

Clash Marks
Accidental striking of the obverse design on the reverse of a coin or reverse design on the obverse of a coin.

Clash Marks
Marks on the DIE caused during MINTING by dies striking each other without a PLANCHET between them. Each die impresses reversed portions of its design on the other.

Die clash marks show as an extra spike on Liberty's crown, as well as in other places
Coin discovery and photo by Shawn and Shelly Bell of bigbuckbell ebay auctions.

basining The process of polishing a die to impart a mirrored surface or to remove clash marks or other injuries from the die. beaded border Small, round devices around the edge of a coin, often seen on early U.S. coins.

clash marks (mint errors) Where the dies have hit each other and then transfer these marks to the coins. cleaned coins Coin that have been dipped in acids or abrasively cleaned with an eraser or silver cleaners.

dimes, quarters, and halves minted presently clash mark(s) Outlines and/or traces of designs from the opposite side of a coin resulting from die clash cleaning any process that removes foreign substances, corrosion or toning, e.g.

Resulting coins produced may exhibit "clash marks". Clash marks will show some of the reverse design on the obverse side of the coin, some of the obverse design on the reverse, or both. die defect - damage or defect of a coin die.

Most specimens have below average surfaces because of severe clash marks on both obverse and reverse. The obverse is usually flat struck in the centers and the reverse has weakness in the area of the date.

Well struck with sharp devices. The fields show strong clash marks. The obverse also shows heavy die polish marks. Was there an attempt to erase the clash marks?
Grade: 64
PCGS Number: 2076
Year: 1864 No L ...

A die that has been basined to remove clash marks or other die injury. In a positive sense, Proof dies were basined to impart mirrorlike surfaces, resulting in coins with reflective field.
polyvinyl chloride ...

Die Polish - Small raised lines in the field of a coin resulting from polishing of a die to remove chips, clash marks, etc.
Dipping - Cleaning by immersion in a liquid capable of removing particules from the surface.

Basining - The process of polishing and repairing a die to create a mirrored surface or to remove clash marks or other damage from a die.

They all were coined and released into general circulation Nationwide with the above mentioned abrading. Given the Buffalo Nickels' often weak strike, coupled with the all too common clash marks and strike doubling, ...

1945-P, LIBERTY WALKING TYPE, Rare Variety, NO "AW" Monogram, Breen 5211, cited it as "Presently Ex. Rare" only 4 reported. From rev. die excessively relapped to remove clash marks." VF, See Jeffery LaRose, Coin World, 3/22/78, p. 38. POR ...

The dies leave a trace of the impression on one another. If this problem is not caught right away, clash marks will show some of the reverse design on the obverse side of the coin, some of the obverse design on the reverse, or both.

design detail often appears on a die as a result of two dies coming together without a planchet between them during the minting process. Coins struck from such dies are said to be struck from clashed dies, or to have die clashes or clash marks.

Rotated and inverted images of the entire obverse and reverse follow so one can see the clash marks in what would be their "normal" location on a coin - Obverse and Reverse.

See also: Clash marks, Marks, Struck, Coin, Mint

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