1876 Seated Dime Clash. Variety? - Coin Community Forum

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Dustin6 Pillar of the Community United States 3516 Posts	Posted 06/23/2016 10:38 pm Where did this clash come from, because I know it's not from its own reverse. The clash starts at the rim next to the last S of States. Then it goes through liberty's head, through the stick and arm, and then curls and goes through the legs and stops at the 7. Is this a Variety? Any help is greatly appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff

TypeCoin971793 Pillar of the Community United States 6370 Posts	Posted 06/24/2016 08:20 am What I see looks like a scratch. Is it raised? It could be a die crack. Report this Post to the Staff
Dustin6 Pillar of the Community United States 3516 Posts	Posted 06/24/2016 10:50 am It's raised. And it looks like a clash. Is there any varieties that involve a clash on the Seated dimes. Report this Post to the Staff
MeadowviewCollector Pillar of the Community United States 4409 Posts	Posted 06/24/2016 2:17 pm The only clashes reported on 1876 dimes are the typical obverse/reverse ones. Here is the Seated dime attribution site http://www.seateddimevarieties.com/...6varpage.htm It helps to post full obverse and reverse pictures if you are seeking help on trying to pin down a variety attribution. -MV Report this Post to the Staff
Dustin6 Pillar of the Community United States 3516 Posts	Posted 06/24/2016 3:16 pm You are right, I looked at an overlay and it is a clash with the reverse. Thanks for all the help. Report this Post to the Staff
Numisma Pillar of the Community United States 4963 Posts	Posted 06/24/2016 6:02 pm A clash wouldn't go across the devices like that. Report this Post to the Staff
BigSilver Pillar of the Community United States 2843 Posts	Posted 06/24/2016 6:37 pm with Numisma A clash would not get into the deepest recesses of the die without totally destroying the fields. Maybe a short explanation of clashed dies will help out here. A clashed die occurs when the obverse and reverse dies are brought together (only one is moving) without a coin between them. This will result in some of the detail from one or both dies being imparted on the opposite die. Any coins that are struck room that damaged die will have traces of that detail. The die has the opposite features of the coin to be. So any place where the coins design is raised, the die is recessed out incused. The higher the device, the deeper the incuse. When the two dies come together the deepest recesses are "shielded" by the flat part. I hope that clears things up a bit. Report this Post to the Staff
Dustin6 Pillar of the Community United States 3516 Posts	Posted 06/24/2016 7:34 pm so, is it a scratch, or a die crack? Report this Post to the Staff
Numisma Pillar of the Community United States 4963 Posts	Posted 06/24/2016 7:36 pm If it's incuse on the coin, a scratch. If it's raised, probably a die crack. Report this Post to the Staff
Dustin6 Pillar of the Community United States 3516 Posts	Posted 06/24/2016 7:52 pm It is raised, thanks all for the help Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 06/25/2016 2:05 pm Here is an overlay: Report this Post to the Staff
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