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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 2315980, member: 1765&quot;]You accidentally posted an interesting coin for illustrating this. That&#039;s a 1921 high relief, which will have different clashing characteristics than the low relief coins.&nbsp; In lowering the relief of the design, in order to keep the design from looking to flat, the field was lowered further in a couple spots, giving the visual effect of sharpening the edge of the design.&nbsp; These spots were the back of the neck, which shows as a spike above the eagles &quot;shoulder&quot; when clashed, and the top of the hair below the R, which shows as the lump by the olive leaves.&nbsp; On a 1921, you don&#039;t get these clash marks because the design hadn&#039;t been modified to strike well yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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