Clashed Dies - What is a Die Clash Error?
Learn what is meant by a die clash error on this coin terms glossary page.
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clashed dies
Dies damaged by striking each other without a planchet between them, usually creating an obverse image to the reverse die and vice versa.
Classic Era ...
clashed dies Dies that have been damaged by striking each other without a planchet between them. Typically, this imparts part of the obverse image to the reverse die and vice versa.
Clashed dies - Extraneous design detail often appears on a die as a result of two dies coming together without a planchet between them during the minting process.
Clashed Dies
The information and photos on this page were posted by .cd. on Jun-14-00 ...
(Left) Clashed dies denarius of Clodius Albinus as Augustus from Lugdunum
(Right) Clashed dies denarius of Septimius Severus from Rome
Note inverted incuse of obverse legend and portrait. Incuse letters yellow; raised letters red.
The die clash (or clashed dies) coin error occurs when the obverse and reverse dies impact with each other without a coin blank or planchet between the dies.
Grease in the dies, clashed dies, die cracks and die scratches are another story. The grading services will almost always grade coins with these problems, even if they are rather severe.
Struck from lightly clashed dies.
From Paramount's sale of the Burnheimer Collection, May 1976, Lot 1113.
Another 1876-S $5 Rarity ...
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. clashed dies Dies that have been damaged by striking each other without a planchet between them.
Brockage, Clashed Dies, Cuds, Die Chips & Cracks,
Multiple Strikes, Dropped Letters, Fold Strikes, Edge
Strikes, Indents, Laminated Planchets and Misaligned Dies,
just to name a few. These errors can be found even though the U.S. Mint ...
Numerous specimens were struck from clashed dies, a minting problem that occurs when the obverse and reverse dies clash with each other without a blank planchet between them, leaving an impression of the obverse on the reverse and vice versa.
The 1852-D usually has below average eye appeal because of heavily clashed dies. Most specimens are weakly struck but a few exist with strong strikes.
Clashed dies seem to be particularly common in the silver three-cent piece series, perhaps because the tiny planchets often slipped and were not easy to handle, but other series display them as well.
Clashmarks - Clashmarks appear on a coin from clashed dies. They are the inverse impression of the opposite side of a coin due to the dies having clashed.
The variations are too perfect in "design" to be a die break and don't appear to be the result of clashed dies.
of the coin die clash Upper and lower dies coming together in a coin press without a planchet between them; design details may be partially impressed in the opposite dies and subsequently as mirror images on coins struck from the clashed dies.
 See also: Coin, Revers, Reverse, Mint, Struck
  
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