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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 3630578, member: 77814&quot;]A die clash is when a planchet is not fed into the chamber and the machine stamps/crashes the two dies together.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then some opposing details are &quot;stamped&quot; onto the other die.</p><p>Like your one dime where the eye had some berries clashed on to it.</p><p>You should be able to look at the other half of the coin and determine exactly which details were clashed.</p><p><br /></p><p>You stated that the dome itself was &quot;rotated&quot;.&nbsp; A die cannot clash upon itself multiple times .. just think about that.</p><p><br /></p><p>if the coin was stamped multiple times whilst the one die rotated them you would see evidence of more than &quot;just the dome&quot;.&nbsp; Once a hardened piece of steel how would you just get one &quot;area&quot; stamped and not the entire thing at least ghosted there?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also when metal gets scratched you usually end up with a scratch PLUS a part where the metal gets lifted, thus looks like it&#039;s raised (as opposed to a die crack which is a crevice that gets filled when stamping).</p><p><br /></p><p>Metal isn&#039;t playdoh and gets compressed easily .. that&#039;s why nickels (which are made of metal) are stamped at up to 223 tons of pressure.</p><p><br /></p><p>A die does not maintain &quot;perfection&quot; for the entire time it is used.</p><p>After the first strike the crisp details start to fade.&nbsp; You have a metal die striking a piece of metal. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ever seen the flat part of a used hammer ... it&#039;s all marked up from hitting nails.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same thing here .... the small crisp details start to get worn .. or smoothed and the details are lost.&nbsp; As a die gets used even more the flat surfaces start showing crevices in them from all the metal movement .. like what a constant flow of water does over a flat surface .. it creates a creek sooner or later.</p><p><br /></p><p>They replace dies every day from usage.&nbsp; They don&#039;t last too much time as they wear that quickly.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it was metal dies on brownies (a much softer material) they&#039;d last much longer.&nbsp; But it is metal on metal so damage to the die surfaces starts immediately and destroys it over a short period of time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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