Squeeze Job Or Clashed Die?

I've been trying to find out for the last hour if images and lettering should show up normal or mirrored from clashed dies. It seems like they should be mirrored. If the dies are negative to begin with-(incuse/ mirror)then when they strike each other the imparting images should be Positive or as you would see it on a coin. Then, it would seem, when those dies with those images strike a planchet those images should then show up reversed or mirrored.

However I don't believe this is a clashed die error or any other kind of error. The dead give away is the Memorial Pillars across Lincoln. The raised parts you see on a coin are cavities in the die. It's hard to believe that those Pillar images would make it into the cavities. It doesn't even seem mechanically possible. Clashed dies typically impart outlines from the edges of the cavities or images that are very shallow.

longnine009, and to all whom this concerns... sorry for the confusion. I do apologize. I was wrong letters(and others devices) on a clashed do appear backwards (as though mirrored).no excuses I made a mistake.not my first most likely not my last.my intention was to be of help...not hindrance."I've much yet to learn much more myself"

well, Liberty is on the obverse so that side is correct, its the reverse picture over the obverse picture is what we are talking about and if you look closely the Lincoln Memorial is not raised its going into the metal

I just looked at the auction and someone told the guy it isn't a clashed die and that it is a squeeze job. THe seller even said it is most likely fake and he will let the auction run

Diane, a die clash happens when the two dies strike each other with nothing in between them,this leaves some of die's devices impressed upon one another.[at the mint] then when a planchet is struck between these clashed dies the coin struck shows some of the reverse devices on the obverse and/or some of the obverse devices on the reverse sometimes just the obv. is affected, some others only the rev. is affected. a squeeze is a homemade impression being squeezed onto a coin like in between a vice using two coins,or sometimes two coins will be stacked upon each other then struck with a hammer thus leaving the impreesion of one coin upon the other.[at home vs.the mint]

Classic faked squeeze job.

Here is a very heavily clashed 3 cent nickel.

The imprint of the reverse wreath and the first I of III can be seen on the obverse (the I is seen below Liberty's cin and less prominently above and below her hair). The reverse is spectacularly clashed with a triple (at least) imprint of Liberty's profile appearing in the field and her neck in the top open area.





Basically a clash is damage to the FIELDS of a die since those are the highest points of a die. The fields are damaged when they strike the openings (recessed areas) on the opposite die and retain a ghosted image of the opposite die's outline. Then when a coin is struck it shows the ghosted image on the fields only and the clashing is not visible on the raised portions of the die.

I hope this helps!

113$ it went for!