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This illustration I found has a collar clash + funnel with raised channel parallel lines - below the field - with the raised grooves!
Really good article but you have shared the wrong image to show a collar clash. The image you shared shows an off-center strike only. The point of this part of the article in the link was to show a collar clash on an anvil die. (The collar clash referenced in the article is on the reverse.)
Here is the image of the collar clash on an anvil die. (Hope I shared this properly.) The collar clash is under "ONE".

I'm not understanding what you are referring to as a "Funnel" or the rest of the "... raised channel parallel lines ..."?
Any other thoughts on the anomaly by the "Y"?
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