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  • DieVarieties
    • Sep 2007
    • 5
    #1

    What are these?

    I came across these two coins a while back but not sure what they are or how caused.

    I noticed an article in while back published in Errorscope May/June 2004 issue on, "Some Recent Misaligned Die Clashes" by Mike Diamond and was wondering if maybe shed some light on what these two coins might be.

    Top photo is obviously of a 1997 and bottom photo is of a 1995.

    Any info appreciated. Thanks.

    edited to add: I only came across one specimen of the 1997 but the 1995 I have since come across two specimens of it.

    Regards,
    Billy G. Crawford
    N-2749



    Last edited by DieVarieties; 01-28-2009, 12:46 PM.
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  • wavysteps
    • Aug 2007
    • 1925
    #2
    Billy - The pictures did not come through for some reason.

    BJ
    Member of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C.

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    • DieVarieties
      • Sep 2007
      • 5
      #3
      Hmmm ... OK, I'll put links.





      Hope these work.

      Billy
      Last edited by wavysteps; 01-28-2009, 01:54 PM.

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      • wavysteps
        • Aug 2007
        • 1925
        #4
        Billy - that did not work either. I also notice that the link to your new book was not coming up either. Could it be a server problem with your links?

        BJ
        Member of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C.

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        • DieVarieties
          • Sep 2007
          • 5
          #5
          Weird, the images show on the page on my monitor.

          Must be some kind of problem. How about I send you the two images and if you want to post them up on the thread and I'll do some checking on why they are not showing up in the thread or linking.

          Billy

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          • wavysteps
            • Aug 2007
            • 1925
            #6
            Billy - this is weird. Your images are coming through fine using Firefox. It is only the MS that is blocking your pictures.

            BJ

            Okay - took out your links and put the pictures in. Reduced them down a bit for a better fit.

            BJ
            Last edited by wavysteps; 01-28-2009, 01:56 PM.
            Member of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C.

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            • diamond
              • Jul 2007
              • 2040
              #7
              Yes, these are misaligned die clashes. And they appear to be ones I haven't seen before. The top image shows a tilted die clash. The presence of a "rim line" on the right may also indicate we're dealing with a pivoted die clash. And depending on what letters are represented it could also be a rotated die clash. The die or die assembly can shift laterally and rotate around three axes. So there are lots of possible combinations.

              The 1997 cent shows a combination of a (horizontally) misaligned die clash and a vertically misaligned or tilted die clash. Virtually all recent examples of horizontally misaligned die clashes of this magnitude also show significant die tilt. I still haven't been able to figure out what exactly is causing these mishaps. Clashes involving huge misalignments (horizontal, vertical, pivoted) are restricted to cents spanning the years 1992 - 2000. That's excluding Indian cents and 2c pieces, where you can find some whoppers.

              Anyway, congratulations on two neat finds.
              Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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              • DieVarieties
                • Sep 2007
                • 5
                #8
                Thanks Mike. I very much appreciate your analysis of the two coins. I can now annotate them in my files as such.

                Regards,
                Billy

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