Going to be harder for you to see than me, but the pillars on the obverse are all the way across the obverse in the fields on this along with clashing starting at the E in United, following through one of the pillar openings and continuing down beneath the base of the memorial. Will post better pics next week when my new scope is up and running. The top of the Memorial protrudes from behind the head but does not cross over the head, which means the reverse was struck first on the obverse. How, I don't know but I'm open to suggestions.
Yup you're right. I can't see anything the obverse. I see a bit of a clash on the reverse though. Clashes are hard to photograph.
clashes usually only appear in the fields, the devices are recessed into the die so are not affected when the two dies come together without a planchet between them, the marks above "Liberty" are actually the spaces between the columns from reverse die and the lines on reverse from "E" in united - thru column space - above "N" in one are the outline of lincolns profile, this means both hammer and anvil die were clashed and imprinted on both sides of the coin when it was struck... here are overlays http://www.maddieclashes.com/one-cent-overlays/ clashes dont always line up exactly with the overlays but will be very close..try taking pic with coin slightly tilted, sometimes clashes show better with angled lighting..
Look right behind the head and you should see at least the outlines of two of the pillars, the closet to the back of the head being more prominent. There is also a pillar right in front of the nose. Further up the back of the head is a protrusion of the roof.
Thanks Ken, I know this is real as I see it in hand, and I meant to say the spaces between the pillars. I know not everyone will see it as clearly as I do. My next question would, does this happen often and is it a keeper that's worth anything at all. As I said, I will have better pics next week but right now all I have is my scanner. Thanks for the link also. Mine is pretty darned close to the newer cent overlay on the reverse but may have had a very slight rotation.
I can see it behind the head and some on the reverse. Looking forward to the better pics. As far as value I'd keep it cause I have no idea what someone would pay.
Looks like a slight die clash - and you are right - very hard to see in the pics. Id'e say since the clash is slight the actual planchet strike may have washed out some of the actuall detail from the clash.
yea u can find a lot of them, especially from 80's, not really worth much unless u find one that is extreme, if lucky u might get someone to pay a buck for it on ebay, i got a couple penny tubes full of em, when u find a cent with lots of abrasion lines, usually means a clash an they tried polishing it out..heres a few i found recently..
They are not bringing too much on ebay, you are right. I'll keep it for a batch of like coins when I get enough to sell in a bulk lot of errors.
I still haven't found a strong clashed cent. I do, however, have credit for discovering a 1978 nickel with a typical clash & a 1977-D dime that's atypical. http://maddieclashes.com/tdc-5c-1978-01.html http://maddieclashes.com/adc-10c-1977d-01.html
