i just bought a 1862 3 cent silver coin and i saw that on the obverse there is clear clashing that is from the reverse design it is prety noticable but i couldnt find anything about does that make it more valuble or was it like from a master hub so all of them have it i will post pictures soon
Jako: Clashed dies on 19th century coins are very common. On the 3 cent silvers they are common, but becuase of the size of the coins they can be very dramatic. I have cherrypicked a couple, and they are interesting, but not valuable.
Clashing is very common on 3cs...I just sold a pcgs 64 that had wonderful clash marks. They certainly add interest to the coins. tradernick
yah kinda a few years late but here is the pics haha http://picasaweb.google.com/djlljd/Coins# can anyone enlarge the pictures? i am not at all computer savvy and from my pics you can only see some of the marks
http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t46113/ Does it look like that? Indirect design transfer is what I was told.
Clashes are common on those coins. Those type coins seem to have die clashes more often than not - it was very common. It's kind of like Eisenhower dollars doublED dies - it's rare to find one without being a doubled die. I afraid I will have bad dreams about Eisenhower dollars tonight - that would be a nightmare! I promise I will stay off ugly coins for the rest of the week. Ben Peters
The coin does show clash marks. There is also a little bit of progressive indirect design transfer. The clash marks dominate.
As others have said, clash marks are pretty common in this issue. So I expect there's no bump in value by virtue of their presence.
Jako, To answer the last question, the answer is no! A Master Die, Master Hub and Working Hub cannot be Clashed or suffer Indirect Design Transfer as they do not strike coins in the minting process. Only the Working Dies strike coins and they are the only Dies that can be clashed or suffer indirect design transfer. Frank
Some folks will pay a bit more for a nice clash and there are others that don't care for them. I actually collect clashed die coins but have never paid much more than the value of a normal coin. Multi-denominational clashed dies are a completely different story. This thread needs an image. This is a really common 3 cent clash coin.
