Website Devoted To Radical Misaligned Die Clashes Unveiled

A new website devoted to radically misaligned die clashes is up and running. The website, whose address is www.maddieclashes.com, focuses on strange, faint die clashes that appeared on Lincoln cents from 1992 to 2000. These clashes are very different from ordinary clashes. They often document massive horizontal die misalignments of up to 45%. All of them also indicate that one of the dies was tilted during the clash, creating a vertically misaligned die clash. Rotated and pivoted die clashes are also in the mix.

It's not even clear that these clashes are generated during a press run. Cents struck by dies as strangely misaligned as these clash marks indicate are not to be found. No attempt was made to erase any of the clash marks. It's possible these dies are clashing before or during installation.

The site lists about a dozen clashes. But there are undoubtedly many more radical misaligned clashes out there to be found.

The site is operated by BJ Neff, Jason Cuvelier, Mike Diamond, and Bob Piazza