How does this happen?

Placid

1857 1C --Obverse Clashed with $20--VF20 ANACS. FS-004, Snow-7, FND-001. Bold clashmarks from a Double Eagle obverse die are noted along the obverse border.

kranky

People playing games at the mint. The 1857 FE is known with a die clash from a half dollar too.

airplanenut

<< <i>People playing games at the mint. The 1857 FE is known with a die clash from a half dollar too. >>

Well, it's 1857. What else is there to do at the mint at 2am?

mgoodm3

<< <i>Well, it's 1857. What else is there to do at the mint at 2am? >>



making 1804 dollars (maybe that was '58)

Placid

So it's a pretty common thing to find and not worth a premium?

airplanenut

<< <i>So it's a pretty common thing to find and not worth a premium? >>

Not sure how common--clashes themselves are fairly common... something like this I believe is a good deal less common, but I'm not sure of the premium.

Conder101

No they are not all that common and I believe they bring a pretty good premium. The 57 cent can be found clashed with a seated quarter, half, or a double eagle (maybe others not yet discovered?) and each of those denominations can be found with flying eagle clash marks. Those aren't the only cases of duel denomination clash marks either. there are 1868 shield nickels that show clash marks with IH cents and with nickel three cent pieces. the odd thing is that although coins with these clash marks are seen, as far as I know no pieces have ever shown up that were produced with the mismatched dies