Cool IH clash

shylock

January's Heritage FUN sale has some rarely seen FEs & IHs, including the only two MS68 IHs, the only FE to grade MS67 (1858 LL), and the only 1856 MS66 (all PCGS). Among them is this 1877 MS66RD:



1877 reverses are known for their heavy clash marks, but usually they're too distorted to make out any features transferred from the obverse die. "Eagle eye" forum member Lakesammman pointed out to me how amazingly clear the Indian's profile appears on the Gorrell example (nose, lips & chin). Nice little extra on a pop 6/0 coin.

LanLord

incredibly beautiful. Great eye Lakesammman.

Blade

Wow - that was like one of those ruasarch (sp?) ink blot tests. On the small scan, I couldn't see it. But on the close-up I got it before I read Paul's comments. Cool! I'll give you $300 for it. Without the clash, not a penny over $200.

darktone

shylock- nice coin and neat die clashing. The first place I usually spot die clashing on indians is on the reverse on the inside of the wreath towards the E and T what looks like sharks teeth sticking out of the wreath are actually the empty spaces between the rear of the indians headress impressed into the reverse die. mike

DrawTwo

Waaaaaay cool!! Nothing more to say!

Lakesammman

Don't forget - what looks like a smiling face right-side-up is really upside down - what looks to be a chin is really the nose! It took me 4 hours one night (with transparancies) to understand the 1880 off-set reverse clash!

shylock

That's a brain strainer Tim. It's like a different plane of reality where everything is opposite from what we know (and chins are noses!). Here's a rotated image, with the now obvious chin to neck line over the O of ONE:



And the "sharks teeth" like junctions where the feathers meet that Darktone mentioned (from another 1877, along the inner edge of the wreath):

Cam40

I thought your pic of the clash-Indian face profile should be upside down from what where it shows,unless its a 180 degrees rotated reverse.
Your first Pic Paul does appear the girl has a slightly upturned nose almost like the Liberty on a Peace Dollar.

Also on the `77.The reverse.ONE CENT.It looks full,with no weak areas.Was it the later strikes that had the damamged reverse die strikes?I know that is an area to verify authenticity.

Gemini

I cant see any clash marks on mine but being a VG doesnt help much either