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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2321432, member: 1892&quot;]Yes. Contemplate a die - it obviously is the reverse of a coin, the depressions in the die are what become the raised parts of the coin. The &quot;fields&quot; are the original top surface of the die, everything that&#039;s not going to fill with metal during the strike. Obviously, when two dies come together in a clash, the fields will be contacted first and you can see how difficult it is to hit hard enough for detail to be transferred under the field surface. It&#039;s very rare that a die is tilted enough relative to the other, to make that much difference in a clash. So clash detail appearing at the very highest points of the struck coin - the very lowest points of the die - is simply impossible.</p><p><br /></p><p>And keep in mind, a clashed letter will read &quot;backwards&quot; on the coin it&#039;s struck onto.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fun part of this coin is, though, the overstruck stuff is &quot;forward&quot; reading just like a die would have done it. This, post Mint, isn&#039;t easy. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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