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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 675909, member: 4350&quot;]Hi,</p><p>There is no evidence of design transfer on the coin at the beginning of the thread,&nbsp; hence no evidence of a die clash.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>When the dies clash, details can be transferred from one die to another.&nbsp; If the details that are added to the dies due to the clash end up being added to coins being struck,&nbsp; we can see the added details.&nbsp; They are not random.&nbsp; They match up with details from the opposite die.&nbsp; There are no such markings on the coin being discussed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The next thing to keep in mind is that with some of us who are immersed in the error and die variety field, the &quot;guesses&quot; are not guesses.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are some here who are new and they are entitiled to guess but their guesses should not confuse the other newbies who have a question and it often happens that someone&#039;s bad guess causes some of us to have to explain the same thing over and over again.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I, for example don&#039;t guess.&nbsp; I know exactly what I am looking at if the picture is clear.&nbsp; Admittedly if I am not sure of something based upon a poor or small picture , I will give a few possibilities until a better picture turns up.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If I don&#039;t know what something is,&nbsp; I don&#039;t comment.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It is important to realize , and you will in time,&nbsp; that there are people on any forum who really do know what they are doing.&nbsp; Then there are some who like to think that they know what they are doing. Then there are those who are still learning and they will sometimes offer guesses that just don&#039;t fit into what really happens at the Mint.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Some examples are repunched dates and Mint marks on coins dated while repunching anything has been a long gone practice.&nbsp; You can&#039;t have a repunched date on a cent dated 1994 D, for example.&nbsp; You can&#039;t have a digit repunched over another digit on anything dated after 1909.&nbsp; Modern, (post-1909) dual dated coins like the 1942/1941 dimes, for example are doubled dies where two different hubs were used to create a die where each hub was of a different year.&nbsp; In other words,&nbsp; no one punched a 2 over a 1.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are many examples of bad guesses on these forums.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>On rare occasions I do misspeak, if it is late and my brain is on overload.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I recently blundered when I mentioned something pertaining to the plating on a coin.&nbsp; My ID of the error was correct but I misspoke when I described a Minting process.&nbsp; I knew it was wrong,&nbsp; I just didn&#039;t go back to correct it quickly enough.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I seldom, if ever mis-identify an error or a die variety unless the picture is questionable.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For those who want to guess,&nbsp; you should preface your statement (as some of you do) with, &quot;this is just a guess but&quot;.....Then those who really know will tell you if your guess is on the money or if it isn&#039;t.&nbsp; If it&#039;s not and i have time,&nbsp; I will almost always explain why the &quot;guess&quot; was not correct.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Also,&nbsp; over the years,&nbsp; some of the folks here that had less experience with these coins have become truly accurate with their assessments of coins as they studied and researched the coins they were learning about.&nbsp; If they answer a question,&nbsp; I may or may not jump in too.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>When I see something that is posted that is not accurate,&nbsp; I will usually chime in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes I only have the time for a brief response and sometimes I have the time to write a novel<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; So please excuse the sometimes brief answers in threads.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Bill[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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