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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 3080928, member: 73983&quot;]I would agree with the experts.&nbsp; A clashed die in terms of referencing a coin is neither an error or a variety.&nbsp; It is simply a state of the dies life.&nbsp; It can be used as a marker to help identify an Early Die State, Middle Die State or Late Die State depending on when the clash took place.&nbsp; It&#039;s not an error in that the issue is transferred from the die to the struck coin and repeats exactly the same on the following coins, until the clashed die is either pulled and replaced or worked to remove the clash marks.&nbsp; It&#039;s also not a variety in that the marks were not created at the time the die was being made.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would consider a clash to be the same as die deterioration, indirect design transfer, die cracks or die breaks.&nbsp; They are simply a part of the life of the die.&nbsp; Not all dies have clash marks but a lot do.&nbsp; Clashes can vary from heavy to light and can be collectible in their own right.&nbsp; Your reference to Error-Ref is technically correct in that it is a &quot;die error&quot;.&nbsp; An action that was unintentional and not part of the normal striking process (no planchet in the striking chamber during the striking process) that occurred to the dies.&nbsp; It&#039;s just that there are no real labels to give to the coins made as the result of that incident, other than the term &quot;Clashed Dies&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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