2021 D Quarter Die Clash?

Hmm... It doesn't seem to line up with a standard die clash and the marks don't look right. Let me do some tweaking on the Photoshop overlay and see if I can find anything that lines up correctly.

Interesting.

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I don't think it is a clash either, but I'm not sure what caused this.
Very nice pictures though.

I'm thinking PIDT. Ghosting

I don't think it can be PIDT.

First, the outline of Washington ghosted onto the reverse would still generally follow the outline of Washington's bust as shown on the clash overlay. But here we see something running from the second A in Delaware in an arc to Washington's sword when there's no part of the bust in that area.

Second, the outline of Washington's bust on the obverse shows the same kind of marks, behind his head for instance, when there clearly can't be PIDT of Washington's bust onto the obverse.

I'm with Yoko that this is some time of oil or grease strike through. Notice that area near the sword on the reverse appears to show some radial flow lines on both sides of the depression but nothing inside it?

I always enjoy coins like this that take a little bit of detective work to figure out. I was looking for other examples and I found 1 person on ebay selling 2 coins that appear to have the same raised line on the reverse coming from Washington's nose:https://www.ebay.com/itm/234443322405

I wish the images were better but at least it might add another piece to the puzzle.

Hey Coop, I definitely agree that there's a lot of Machine Doubling. Do you have any thoughts on the Struck Through Grease vs. PIDT vs. something else that caused the other major distortions?

Here is an overlay:



I see nothing on your coin like a clash mark. (it would be on the fields if it were a clash.
Went back to the images on the top part of the thread. Possible clash marks on the neck. The color was hiding it. It might be a clash. Looks like there was a clash there, but they ignored it and hoped the lines would go away on their own.

I'm really going back and forth on this one. I thought it could be a die clash from a slightly rotated die but I have tried matching it up in photoshop without finding the smoking gun alignment. Some of the marks match up well like the strong curved line through the sword but others like the line coming from Washington's mouth on the reverse seem nearly impossible to match up to a clash. I've also never seen a strike through grease impact the fields around lettering without impacting the lettering itself. Is the idea for this coin a clash + grease strike to account for all the different anomalies?