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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1249509, member: 24633&quot;]As LC stated, a clash occurs when the dies strike each other with no planchet in the coining chamber. Since the fields represent the highest area on the face of each obverse and reverse die, when they clash, the face of one or both dies is compressed, silhouetting a particular device. On subsequent planchet strikes, this silhouetted impression will appear recessed on the coin. Sometimes the Mint will attempt to polish the die to remove the clash, but quite often a clash will eventually disappear from continued use. Unlike the die-making process where the designed is engraved and heated, rengraved and reheated sometimes as many as ten times to harden the steel, a clash occurs when the steel is relatively cold. Therefore, it is not as permanent. Oftentimes, you can find two or more coins that were produced from the same clashed dies, but the appearance of the clashes can differ because some or all of the clash has faded.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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