

This is not a very rare token, nor is the shattered and clashed die very rare. But it caught my interest and I wanted to share it here.
It seems that the obverse* die began breaking even before it clashed (more on this later). I suspect that breakage was helped along greatly by a massive clash. The broken die continued to be used and deteriorated further with the 1:00-4:00 rim being obliterated. Eventually, the die was too broken to continue use and was retired. Apparently, the striking entity did not have another obverse* die, but did have a spare reverse* die. So, they paired the heavily clashed reverse* die with a 2nd reverse* die. You can find many examples online of the clashed reverse* die mated with an unclashed reverse*.
I believe there is something unique going on here. As I mentioned above, I believe that the die breakage began before the clash happened. The first reason I say that is, I am pretty sure that I've seen examples with the beginning of die breaks with an undamaged, unclashed reverse*. The second reason, and this is the thing that I find unique is, that
I believe that the die breaks actually were transferred to the reverse* by the clash event. Specifically the faint line that goes thru the "P" of "pie" matches perfectly with the die break the goes from the chin thru the "U" of "united".
I don't recall seeing such a thing ever before although it may well be out there.
I also attempted to create an overlay picture. The overlaid image was rotated 48 degrees.
Please share your thoughts on this. TIA
*I've read that with CWT the face is called the reverse and the other side is called to obverse. I didn't want to confuse people, so I used the normal terms that are common to coins.
