1799 $10 Large Stars Die Clash
StrikeOutXXX
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Was kind of bored watching Olympic Curling, so was looking at some eye candy online and saw this 1799 $10
Saw something strange on the Obv picture, so zoomed in and saw an apparent die clash
Checked the reverse image, apparent there as well in a few spots
So, not knowing much about 1799 Gold $10, checked Coinfacts where it shows:
There is only one Large Star obverse die for 1799. It is paired with two reverses; Bass-Dannreuther, BD-9 and 10.
I have no clue which reverse this coin has (Gold folks want to answer?), but figured if it's the ONLY obverse die and has a clash, there are either a lot of them out there if it clashed early, or it clashed late, and they quit using it so it's pretty rare.
I looked at the one active and 286 completed auctions on Heritage (When did they start that puzzle slider robot check - grrrr) and the few pics on coinfacts, and saw no other 1799s with a die clash.
So... because I was bored - and I like odd things - you got a post on a neat die clash.
Anybody else have one?
EDIT - Or... option B - Flip over double struck?
EDIT2 - larger pics
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Comments
for sure not a f/o d/s. you can see the bust/neckline on the rev through the clouds and next to the star(s). also a clash (unless a counter-clash) will be negative for the devices while a d/s (f/o or otherwise) will have a positive for the devices.
i didn't do the rev dies thing but should be pretty easy for anyone wanting to.
1799 would make for one heck of a type set year.
Nice catch...pretty obvious when pointed out. I like anomalies on gold coins. Cheers, RickO
Not sure about clashing, but my example shows a cool die crack going through the date:
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Interesting “placement” of the reverse star in the field there. The resulting look of die clashing on early gold can range from interesting to quite dramatic on some examples. Here’s the result of a rather solid clashing (or thrashing) from the reverse die onto the obverse (which was in turn reciprocated) of my ‘11 HE.
