2020 dime p! Possible strike threw!

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Die clash

 

How does a die clash produce marks on the incuse part of the die. I can understand seeing it in the fields, but not on the relief.

 

Die Clash and Die Chips(IDB) near eye and mouth.
Nice error coin.

Die Clash in the design is called an Atypical Die Clash. It does not happen often but does happen.
Here is a 1972 WQ with his chin and mouth on the eagles wing.

 

Nice example of clashed dies. I have a few

 

Great clashes! You should create an averlay of the Reverse over the Obverse to show folks how it looks and where they came from.

 

Yes to a die clash. I have several myself.

 

OK, but how does it happen? I would imagine that the dies would have to meet with such force to be able to get to the bottom of the incuse portion that the dies would be ruined. Both the chin and the wing are incuse on the dies so how can they reach other during the clashing of the dies?

 

PS: your original would have been through not threw.

 

The outline of George's chin is not incuse and it struck mid wing, the lowest relief section of the opposite die. Franklin's ear is a low relief area of the coins design.
Add it up and there is less than a millimeter of difference between field and low relief.

 

Super nice. Got to be a no brainer

 

Oops. What you said @Shaun Schafer best answer

 

I pick DOUG. Cuz I can never see most of these

 

Brilliant

 

We knew it was a clash. We get it

 

So how much would it be worth?

 

It is not George, it is Roosevelt. And the clash mart is just below the ear so I still don't see how this can happen without ruining the dies. I am nit disputing your statement, I just can't get visualize that heavy a strike.

 

Depends on a few things. Severity of the clash, coin condition and what one person would pay for such a relatively common error.

 

The coin I posted (#4) is a 1972 Washington quarter, the OP has the Roosevelt dime.

 

So pretty much just a cool one to keep around