Post a Photoshop overlay that explains a variety or error

shylock

Not your typical "post a' thread, but I love the use of Photoshop to explain hard to conceive varieties and errors.
Post any overlays you've constructed that better explain a variety or error.

I never understood the 1880 S1 Major Clashed Die Reverse until I could see how the obverse die struck the reverse.

RKKay

That's awesome, Paul.

MrSpud

Here is a Picture-It 99 Overlay

AZLARRY

Both those overlays are .

shylock

Another overlay that makes obverse IH clash marks easier to understand.

shylock

And the typical reverse IH clashes.




(original IH image care of IrishMike)

lkenefic

Now this is an awesome thread!!!!!

BECOKA

Lovw it, does anyone have any for the Indian half eagles?

LanLord

This one's impossible ... Fancy 5 clashed plain 5 - Okay, maybe not impossible, but less likely



<< <i>Another overlay that makes obverse IH clash marks easier to understand.

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MAD4MORGANS

Not quite a Photoshop thing but an overlay for a tool I made to search for and measure clash locations/rotations on Clashed Die struck Morgan Dollars.

MrSpud

Vetter

Super hard clashed dies on a Buffalo Nickel. It's a wonder the dies didn't shatter.

lava

great thread

TomB

messydesk

I have just a few

Demonstration that the 1896-O VAM 1A (now VAM 19) was really a RPD.


Demonstration that the 1896 VAM 1A (now VAM 20) was really a RPD.



Demonstration that there must be an 1878 8TF VAM 17A somewhere. The 1878 7/8 TF VAM 42A, with a clashed 'n' on the obverse and a PL reverse, was not clashed by a 7/8 TF reverse, but an 8TF reverse. The positioning of the word 'In' relative to the wing was different on the two. The obverse of the VAM 42A is the same as the VAM 17, so somewhere between VAM 17 and VAM 42A was a monster clash of the VAM 17 dies, after which the reverse was replaced with the VAM 42A reverse. If any coins were struck after the clash and before the reverse die was changed, it'd be VAM 17A.

VAM 42A obverse:


VAM 42A obverse overlaid with its reverse.


VAM 42A obverse overlaid with an 8TF reverse.

numonebuyer

This forum is awesome.

mgoodm3

Date clash on the top of the shield (I think)

shylock

This one's impossible ... Fancy 5 clashed plain 5 - Okay, maybe not impossible, but less likely

LanLord - Obviously I used two different coins on this IH obverse overlay to explain the clash,
but you were very perceptive in pointing it out

The first coin is a deeply clashed (deeply toned) fancy 5, the coin I used in the overlay is a RD plain 5.
They were never intended to be the same coin. The plain 5 was used purely for demonstration purposes.

I've learned a lot from the posts on this thread.

Mad4Morgans - you've taken clash attribution into the digital age. I'm very impressed. The only coin
junkies who are more into clashes/varities than IH collectors are Morgan collectors. You guys never cease
to amaze me with the attribution work you do.

Vetter - I've never seen a Buffalo clash like that. That coin is worth an overlay explanation.

TomB - you need to add some text to a wonderful overlay like this for us novices.

TomB

You are correcty, shylock, my post was lacking for text. That's a rare event, eh? It was a busy night last night with our 27-month and 5-month old daughters. Hopefully, I will get smaller images up with some explanation tonight.

howards

Couple items from my website:

How to tell the difference between 1873 Closed 3 Shield Nickels and 1878 Shield Nickels, so you don't buy the former as the expensive latter:

1873 / 1878 Overlay

A page on Shield Nickel clashed dies:

Shield Nickel Clashed Dies

shylock

Among the most interesting clashed coins I've ever seen is this 1834 Bust Quarter. I saved this image to my files
from an EBay image. I used a Heritage generic reverse from a Bust Quarter on the overlay. I love the look of the
shield lines through the ear of this quarter.

TomB

As promised, here is the reverse. This is really quite cool as the nearly the entire outline of Ms. Liberty is plainly and clearly visible on the reverse. So that you might have a better orientation of the coin I will point out some landmarks.

The tip of Ms. Liberty's bust is visible in and around "OF" at 1:00 o'clock on the reverse. Her lower curls are shown amongst the stars above "PLURIBUS". Remnants of the bow that ties back her hair are visible under the eagle's right wing. The back of her head is between the shield and arrows while the crest of her skull is embeded in the bottom portion of the shield. Her profile emerges from between the shield and olive branches and runs up the wing until her eye is visible at the junction of the lowest wing feather and the shield. There is a line above the eagle's left wing and below and to the right of the stars that follows the contours of her bust.

The coin in hand shows these features dramatically and is a treat to look at, both obverse and reverse.

Baley

Two different 1807 obverse dies, die 3 and die 12, overlaid to show the different spacing of certain elements



this picture was taken June 2004 and was the proof that verified 1807 O.115 has a previously undescribed obverse.

the O.104 is Nysoto's PCGS EF45, the O.115 is my NGC VF20. Note that the portrait lines up almost perfectly, as do some of the legend, stars, and 180 of the date. the seven is canted differently. both these obverses dies were likely created in 1806, with the final digit left blank, and the 7 punched in 1807

die 12 was likely retired upon Reich and co. completion of the capped bust dies and thus had a limited run