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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 7779983, member: 105571&quot;]Attached is the enlargement of the reverse shield on this coin.&nbsp; I see not evidence of a clash here.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is not a different reverse die.&nbsp; This is the correct reverse die for this die marriage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your thought regarding a differential hardness between obverse and reverse working dies had occurred to me since die steel and hardening technology had not completely resolved themselves as issues at the mint by 1830.&nbsp; The idea being that the reverse working die was considerably harder than the obverse working die and when they clashed, the reverse impressed itself into the obverse but not vice versa.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t thought that one through yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for your comments.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1334673[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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