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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2527155, member: 1892&quot;]Looks to me like the huge clashing event that put all the transfer detail on the obverse destroyed the reverse die, as there&#039;s no clashing on it. A clash hard enough to do that to the obverse should do the same to the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, I think this one&#039;s been so heavily polished that that&#039;s the cause of the missing detail. Consider the &quot;shine&quot; on the flatter areas of the obverse and in the roman numerals; those are recessed areas in the die and tools cannot reach into there even if you&#039;re trying to polish away clashing artifacts. </p><p><br /></p><p>You can see evidence of what was being removed by this harsh cleaning if you look closely. Above 65 in the date and in STAT on the obverse, and at various areas around the wreath, right next to the denticles and around the roman numerals on the reverse. This coin must have been nearly black at one time to have been polished like this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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