The area affected is not where a die clash would happen. A die clash usually shows areas affected from the opposite die. There is no way, Liberty could be transferred onto the obverse, from a reverse die. It was created after it left the mint. The letters can appear on a reverse die, but not in that area.

The fields are usually the only areas affected. So there is no way your coin is a mint error. Note the tops of the devices are affected. Just what you would expect to see when three coins were stacked together between two pieces of wood and hit hard with a hammer. Just the areas were the hammer strike happens is where the contact marks would transfer. Your coin was the center coin in the stack.

The fields are usually the only areas affected. So there is no way your coin is a mint error. Note the tops of the devices are affected. Just what you would expect to see when three coins were stacked together between two pieces of wood and hit hard with a hammer. Just the areas were the hammer strike happens is where the contact marks would transfer. Your coin was the center coin in the stack.



















