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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collecting Nut, post: 20168609, member: 74863&quot;][USER=33176]@Kentucky[/USER] This is what I was referring to. Again, not sure if that’s what it is but to me, it looks like it. Many people do not know about dual misaligned dies. </p><p><font size="6"><b>Dual Misalignment Of Both Dies</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><b>PART VI. Striking Errors:</b></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><b>Die Alignment Errors:</b></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><b>Dual Misalignment (of the Hammer and Anvil Dies)</b></b></font></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Definition: </b>A dual or bifacial misalignment consists of a horizontal misalignment of both dies. Typically, the misaligment seen on the anvil die is small, since the die neck is confined by the collar.&nbsp; Most of the time the two misalignments will point in different directions.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.error-ref.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/48423185.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://www.error-ref.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/48423200.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This 1966 nickel shows a slight horizontal misalignment of the obverse (hammer) die toward 9:00.&nbsp; It also shows a slight horizontal misalignment of the reverse (anvil) die toward 3:00.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is one known example of a major horizontal misalignment on each face.&nbsp; It’s a 2000-P Virginia quarter that was struck with inverted dies (reverse die as hammer die).&nbsp; The reverse misalignment points toward 4:30.&nbsp; An equally severe obverse misalignment points toward 4:00.&nbsp; The two misalignments are nearly at right angles to each other.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was produced at the end of a chaotic press run that produced an abundance of major die alignment and off-center errors.&nbsp; These other errors consist of 1) major horizontal misalignments of the reverse die (about 10%) toward the southwest, 2) horizontal misalignments of the obverse die that range from 2% to 10% and that point south-southeast, 3) off-center strikes of about 12% that point toward 7:00 (i.e. planchet misfeed toward 1:00), and off-center strikes with a minor horizontal misalignment toward the southwest.&nbsp; All these errors are well-distributed within six die stages (A-F).&nbsp; The dual misalignment error belongs to a seventh die stage (G)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.error-ref.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dual_MAD_2000P_VA_25c_obv.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.error-ref.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dual_MAD_2000P_VA_25c_obv.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.error-ref.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dual_MAD_2000P_VA_25c_obv-300x300.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <img src="https://www.error-ref.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dual_MAD_2000P_VA_25c_rev-300x300.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These photos depict the Virginia quarter just described.&nbsp; The two misalignments are starkly evident.&nbsp; Both faces show collar clash.&nbsp; Collar clash is much more severe on the obverse face.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please be aware that the appearance of a dual misalignment can be mimicked by the combination of a horizontal misalignment and a less severe off-center strike.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.error-ref.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/MAD_oc_1999D_5c_obv.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.error-ref.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/MAD_oc_1999D_5c_obv.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.error-ref.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/MAD_oc_1999D_5c_obv-300x300.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://www.error-ref.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/MAD_oc_1999D_5c_rev-300x300.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>This 1999-D nickel has a major horizontal misalignment of the obverse (hammer) die of about 10% toward 10:00.&nbsp; It doesn’t appear that large because the lateral die shift is partly offset by an off-center strike of about 5% toward 9:00.&nbsp; The die shift and the direction of the planchet misfeed are nearly aligned.&nbsp; This coin also has a vertical misalignment (tilted die error), with the elevated pole of the hammer die located at about 10:00.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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