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Message:: [QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 2387488, member: 24633"]Okay! Now that we've pretty much covered the characteristics of die cracks, the next phase of your Morgan training<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> should be how to identify clashes. Again, the first thing you need to remember is that, like die cracks, clashes are also very common. You can find them on just about every year of the Morgan dollar, but very few of them will warrant attribution. As a general rule, the clashes that are attributed involve letter transfers, like the "E" of LIBERTY, the designer's initial "M" or the "n" or "G" of IGWT. Clashes like the "Cap Vee", the edge of the eagle's right wing (viewer's left), Liberty's neck and most of the leaves of the wreath are very common, and therefore, are not used as the basis of attribution. Chris[/QUOTE]