1996 P Lincoln cent Radical Misaligned Die Clash (MDC-1c-1996-02)

[Petespockets55]

1996 P Lincoln cent Radical Misaligned Die Clash (MDC-1c-1996-02)
https://www.maddieclashes.com/mdc-1c-1996-02/

I searched some rolls I got months ago and came across this little beauty. It's in really nice shape. I'm even going to call it MS Red! (It's a Radical Misaligned Die clash.) Even though it was easily visible when I first saw this clash, I did wonder if it might just be a plating blister. As I rolled the coin in the light, I could see letters above the 9.

I see varieties like this so infrequently it took me a couple of minutes to remember which site and which category it was in.
(Radical, floating, Atypical Clash, etc.) The curving arc of the rim and the ER of AMERICA are discernable near the second 9 of the date.

I like "Die Events", such as this, and other clashes. It is something to look for with modern coinage. 1996P-MDC-1c-1996-02-Obv-5Full.JPG 1996P-MDC-1c-1996-02-Rev-1Full.JPG 1996P-MDC-1c-1996-02-Obv-6Date-2.JPG 1996P-MDC-1c-1996-02-Obv-6Date-3Circles.jpg

[occnumis2021]

gratz, nice find, image, link and thus presentation!

it seems like this would be something pretty easy to overlook or dismiss, unless you get it to catch the light just right but since there are listings known, i guess looking closer at key years would uncover a few more than if we didn't have publicly avail info. so kudos so site owners!

[Petespockets55]

Thank you for adding a reply. The more conversations that occur, the more folks can learn.

Some of them can be easy to miss, but this one being through the date made it jump out. The tricky part was realizing it's not a plating blister.

And yes, kudos to all the sites that help us learn and grow. I've only been back into collecting since 2013 but it's through the forums that I feel I've gained (and promptly forgotten) a tremendous amount of knowledge. Back then, I couldn't tell a good coin from a very fine, let alone what a variety was.