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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2168411, member: 46237&quot;]Post up your favorite coins with die clash marks! Let&#039;s see those clashes!</p><p><br /></p><p>For those who may not be familiar with die clashes, a die clash happens when a die pair is pressed together without a planchet between them and the dies leave an impression on each other. Successive coins minted from those dies will have die clash marks as a result.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love coins with heavy die clash marks! Here are my two favorites. I have included superimposed images to help illustrate how the clash marks were produced when the dies came together.:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1876 Seated Liberty Quarter</b></p><p>Look in the following locations:</p><ul> <li>Left field immediately left of the back of the hand (clash from motto scroll curl and wing)</li> <li>Between the bottom of the pedestal and the date (clash from motto scroll)</li> <li>Right field immediately right of the lower leg (clash from wing)</li> <li>In-between the head and the pole, continuing down across the pole and forearm into the right field (clash from wing and leg)</li> <li>This one is faint. Above and below S9 (the star to the right of the cap) overlapping the star on both ends (clash from arrowheads)</li> </ul><p>[ATTACH=full]418301[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]418302[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the reverse. You will find clash marks in the following locations:</p><ul> <li>Line from 10 o&#039;clock to 2 o&#039;clock passing under WE in the motto and angling down towards IN on the left side (clash from bottom of pedestal)</li> <li>In-between the left wing and the left motto curl (clash from pedestal)</li> <li>In-between the top of the left wing and the base of the neck (clash from shield)</li> <li>Where the right wing meets the neck up to the right motto curl (clash from leg)</li> <li>Under the right wing (clash from wrist and pole)<br /> </li> <li>Under the left wing (clash from arm)</li> </ul><p>[ATTACH=full]418303[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]418403[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>1833 Capped Bust Quarter</b></p><p>You will find clash marks in the following locations:</p><ul> <li>Under the ear (clash from shield stripes)</li> <li>This one is faint. In the left field in front of the bridge of the nose (clash from talon and branch)</li> <li>In front of the chin, at the intersection of the neck and chest, and at the edge of the chest near the top of the drapery (clash from wing)</li> <li>Right field behind the cap and top hair curl and continuing down into the right field (clash from wing)</li> </ul><p>[ATTACH=full]418305[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]418306[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the reverse. You will find clash marks in the following locations:</p><ul> <li>In-between the left wing and leg (clash from chin and lips)</li> <li>Under the right wing (clash from back of cap and hair curl)</li> <li>From the right wing tip down across the arrow shafts and down toward the denomination (clash from cap) This one continues across the denomination up to the left talon but that part is faint</li> <li>In-between several of the shield stripes (clash from the ear)</li> </ul><p>[ATTACH=full]418307[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]418308[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you have enjoyed these clashes. Please post up some of your favorites![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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