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Message:: [QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 1319380, member: 15929"]Judging from the OP's photograph, I'd say that the lightsource for the photo was at about K10. I say this because the edge of the coin is definitely in shadow at K4. ABE's forehead is also in shadow and we all know that ABE is in relief. Given that, the band that crosses Abe's face from the eye to the ear appears to be incused on the coin based upon the shadows on the upper area of the band. I'm of the opinion that the only clashing which occured on the OP's coin is when the reverse of another Lincoln Cent was forcibly clashed into the obverse of the subject coin. [ATTACH]149578.vB[/ATTACH] IF this were a severe die clash as proposed by the OP, I would expect more evidence of the clash to have appeared in the K6 through K10 areas of the fields on the obverse. Additionally, IF the "die" were warped enough to cause such an appearance on the coin due to a clash, I would then expect the areas between K6 and K10 to be extremely weak on subsequent coins. Specifically, the subject coin. LIBERTY appears to be strong. As it sits, it definitely looks like a squeeze job between two coins and a firm, and forgiving, piece of leather which avoided damaging the reverse of the subject coin. Until shown otherwise, thats my opinion and I'm sticking to it.[/QUOTE]