my 1857 clashed w/ $20 just came back. picked for $10

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Great pick! I hope to someday have an eye, or luck, to catch something like this.

 

I'm sorry but can someone explain to me what "clashed with a $20" means. Ive never heard or seen this.

 

The clash occurred when an obverse flying eagle cent die collided with a $20 double eagle reverse die. This is a really cool variety, only about fifty or so are known to exist. I have found three in thirty years. Nice pick.

 

I'm happy for you... I really am.

But where exactly would one look to see the die clash?

 

The most obvious spot is in front of the eagles head.

 

It's known as an S-7 in the Snow books.

 

Why do I bother?

 

I have found 3 over the years as well. All but one were problem coins with corrosion or damage. The problem free one was just an AG03. I suspect there are more than 50 out there. Probably closer to 100. I saw one unidentified on eBay under newly listed bin a few weeks ago, clicked to buy and it was gone! I missed it by mere seconds! Looked about F15 & sold for $40!

 

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Interesting. I see quite a lot of completed eBay auctions for Snow-9 (clashed with half dollar), one or two clashed with a quarter, but no recent double-eagle clashes.

I still don't have a good mental model of how these errors were committed...

 

I don't think anyone knows for sure but there's lots if ideas about it

 

That pretty much sums up a lot of what goes on here

 

Lol

 

Thanks.

 

You know I didn't mean you ;-)

 

Yeah, I know. W/ coins in general lots of opinions!

 

I guess my mental model had them using different presses for different denominations, but when I think about it, I can see that that's a silly assumption.

I can also imagine that, if they forgot to swap out one die of a very different size, any planchet going into the press would be more likely to fall out of position before being struck. This would increase the likelihood of a clash (as opposed to a mule).