I see no evidence of a clashed die on your coin. I believe the striation marks on the side of the face is this. http://www.error-ref.com/grease-mediated-radial-smear/. There looks to be some struck through debris areas on the reverse also. As a rule, a die clash will only show up on the flat field of a coin as this is the highest point of the die.
No clash. Remember that the highest points on the coin are the lowest points in the die. That's why you normally see clash marks in the field, that's the part of the dies that come into contact. I think what you're seeing is a coin struck from very worn dies. That's pretty common for a lot of denominations in the 80s
I disagree with this. "GMRS" should produce a smearing of the peripheral elements, but it doesn't on the Kennedy. Yes! Chris
You may want to reread the description of a GMRS. Radial smearing can affect both interior and peripheral design elements.
I have read it and re-read it, and I still see no evidence of smearing. "Definition: Radial smearing of the design caused by “grease” (die fill). The edges of the design that face toward the center of the coin are smeared toward the rim. Radial smearing can affect both interior and peripheral design elements. Although the mechanism is conjectural, the effect is likely caused by the interplay between viscosity, die convexity, and planchet expansion. It's possible that as the die is pushing its way into the planchet, it is also squeezing the grease outward. As the grease makes contact with metal that's rising into the die's recesses, it smears the metal outward in a radial fashion. In rare cases, the direction of smear can be toward the center of the coin, or in both directions simultaneously." However, what I think you see in the central part of the obverse is die fatigue, not GMRS. Chris
Yeah I found it odd that I seen what appeared to be the wings of the eagle on the cheek and ear but nothing in the field, good ol' case of eyes playing tricks on me.
I would suppose that if this coin has anomaly that is cause by common die fatigue. That would make this a commonly found defect which in turn would make them easy to find and of no value.
