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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 1991548, member: 46237&quot;]Here&#039;s a CBQ I just acquired. This one is a real beauty in hand and these pictures don&#039;t do it justice.</p><p><br /></p><p>This quarter is a late die stage 1833 B-1. Both the obverse and reverse dies for this marriage became heavily pitted from rust. The uneven surface in the fields caused by the pitted dies led to the formation of some unusual and beautiful patterns of toning on this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at the area around and below Liberty&#039;s ear on the obverse you will see heavy die clash marks from the shield on the reverse. Likewise, if you look below the right and left wings of the eagle on the reverse you will see heavy die clash marks from the back of Liberty&#039;s cap and hair and light clash marks from Liberty&#039;s lips and chin.</p><p><br /></p><p>This quarter is a die stage 3, which is the best example of pitting and clashing in this series. There is a later die stage for this marriage, however, it occurred after they had lapped the reverse die to remove the clashing and rust pits, which also weakened some of the devices.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc338/Mangoreej/Coins/1833_B1_OBV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc338/Mangoreej/Coins/1833_B1_REV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an obv/rev overlay of a small CBQ that I created to illustrate how the die clashing occurs for this series. Please note that this only applies to the small variety of CBQs. Die clashing for large CBQs are different than this.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc338/Mangoreej/Coins/scbq_clash.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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