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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;huntsman53, post: 169968, member: 1242&quot;]Doug,</p><p><br /></p><p>I should have noted this last night in my postings but I wasn&#039;t feeling too well, was in a hurry and just did not think that it was that significant! However, after re-reading the postings, I realized how important it really is to the discussion.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I have stated, most Counter-Die Clashing is called Die Clashing by most folks and thus mis-understood. Also, Die Clashing can be ground or polished off of most Dies unless it is too significant or embedded in a design element (details). However, Counter-Die Clashing cannot be ground or polished out without destroying the surface or fields of the coin and possibly some design element. For this latter reason and the fact that the Mints need to obtain a certain quota of struck coins from a specific Die (too meet the expected mintage), they may continue to use a Die with Counter Clashing even after the Counter Clashing is detected or may have to put the Die back into service towards the end of the run.</p><p><br /></p><p>The above are other reasons why that obtuse Clashing (although is is actually Counter-Die Clashing) on a coin, is more often seen than incuse Clashing.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. I hope that in our discussions, we have helped clear up the misconception about these two different types of Clashing and helped some newbies to coin collecting, gain a head start in how to determine the difference between these two types of errors. At the same time, I think that we have beat this dead horse enough and can now move on to other exciting things in the coin collecting realm!</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: I will experiment with trying to get some better pictures of the coins and replace the other ones if possible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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