More on Trade Dollar Clashed Dies - For TDN and other Trade $ geeks

keoj

Following up on TDN's note yesterday and correcting two mistakes that I made. One mistake that I made was identifying horizontal lines to the right of the Eagle's neck as being part of the clash of the obverse feature of "In God We Trust" banner. Incorrect....it is clash of rope on the cotton bale. Another was saying the clash seen between the left wing and body was obverse arm remnants. It is actually Miss Liberty's thigh.

Sorry for the errors, I was tired and should have checked. Its been a while since I looked at these.

Best, keoj

Attached are a few images of typical Trade Dollar clashing and obverse-reverse images indicating what features are causing them. Clashes are usually seen on the reverse (several dates and years) but sometimes seen on obverse as well.

kaz

Thanks! The overlay really helps me understand these.

coinsarefun

Thats pretty cool. Overlays do help so much to see things clearly

ricko

Thanks for the overlay pictures.... Really helps to visualize the clash. Cheers, RickO

LMM

Very interesting thanks!

vulcanize

Thank you very much. Pictures do covey the whole message.

alefzero

The LIBERTY banner is very close to the bale binding transfer and part of it can be found on some clashes depending upon the relative die positions/rotations. The real find would be one that has partial LIB letter transfer, like seen under the tailfeathers on some clashed Morgans. I have not seen one yet myself. There are other significant transfers possible as well, but most are confined to the central regions (rather than the periphery) on these larger format coins, unlike what we see on three-cent nickels where the full date transferred in some cases. The most common is, of course Liberty's leg edge between the right wing and right leg of the eagle with the expected reverse transfers out from the leg edge on the obverse.