Mercury Dime Reverse Clash--Check it out!

fcloud

Here is the reverse of a Mercury Dime with a die clash. I put the image up side down, to make it easier to see. There is a clear outline of the hair/wing line on the left, and the Liberty's face outline is in the lower branches.

pharmer

Nice find, thanks for sharing!

errormaven

While these could be worn clash marks, it looks a bit too vague and mushy to be a case of clashed dies. Instead it appears to an example of "progressive indirect design transfer". That's a form of die deterioration in which the vague image of the opposite die is transferred through the medium of several thousand planchets. I've seen it before on Merc's, although it's more common on wheatback Lincoln cents (especially 1946-S, 1947-S, and 1948-S cents).

BuffaloIronTail

I can see where a die could exhibit transfer. In a later die state, the constant pounding and resistance to it from the planchets, in areas of high relief, would fatigue a die and make that image happen.

Pete