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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;samclemens3991, post: 10666669, member: 82181&quot;]Hi Marshall,&nbsp; Thanks for your feed back.&nbsp; I would be remiss if I didn&#039;t say I&#039;m a big fan of yours.&nbsp; You have a very discerning eye to cherry pick so many varieties of large cents.&nbsp; Unfortunately for me, even when you point out what to look at, half the time I still can&#039;t see the details.&nbsp; It&#039;s one of the reasons I tend to avoid any kind of overdates, rpm&#039;s, etc.&nbsp; Why pay for what you can&#039;t see.</p><p>I know this isn&#039;t your series but you know a lot more about the minting process than I do.&nbsp; The coin I have is an 1860 Seated Dime.&nbsp; If you check out Fortin&#039;s web book he lists 13 varieties.&nbsp; Mine most closely matches F-105.&nbsp; My coin has medium date, down slope, Base of 1&#039;s thick, closed 6.</p><p>Things go off the rails when he than says, &quot;/clashed die.&quot;</p><p>The reverse of my coin does not seem to have any clash marks.&nbsp; (Bear in mind, I mentioned I am terrible at seeing minute detail.)&nbsp; The obverse of my coin has a half dozen clash marks, 2 or 3 are very obvious.&nbsp; Fortin doesn&#039;t list any 1860 coins with obverse clash marks.</p><p>Another odd thing is that the reverse has a very sharp strike.&nbsp; I have a dozen other dimes for reference and this coin has by far the best reverse.&nbsp; Having said that, the obverse has the worst strike as far as the main figure of Liberty is concerned.&nbsp; There are several coins Fortin refers to as having a badly over polished die.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if that would account for the mushy strike or not.&nbsp; Just seems odd to have both types of strike on the same coin.</p><p>The last thing that puzzles me is that the date, (which is firm and well struck) has a large clash mark underneath , but the letters of the date show no clash marking at all.&nbsp; I know in that day they punched dates with a gang of 4 punch or some such thing, but to me this would indicate the clash marks would have had to be there before the date was applied.&nbsp; If clash marks occur because empty dies collide, than how on earth does the date miss being struck?&nbsp; Never the less,&nbsp; whether you have any further information or bother with this thread again; thanks for your interest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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