1921-D Morgan rotated clash? Big Pic

IrishMike

Bought this a few years back from a major auction firm never looked at it closely. I am trying to line up the clash and figure it out. Any thoughts?

CaptHenway

Sorry, but I don't see the clash marks. Where are they relative to some design element?
TD

Cam40

me either

IrishMike

Between 2nd, 3rd, 4th stars and left of 5th star and lines between hair and stars. Just some of them. If they aren't die clash marks what else could they be?

Cam40

oh

die clash i guess
what else could it be
some planchet anomoly maybe?

Coxe

I would think it was the planchet. Clashing int he stars is not likely nor does it look like that. What looks like a radial crack between the 1st and 2nd stars to the hair is a split planchet I think. Lamination isn't an issue since the design isn't impaired. Around the stars could be the result of local cleaning of the coin or the die. However, I do see more at the last star and in the field below the M that looks like lamination. Perhaps that is it and the strike was strong enough to get flow to overcome design device deficiencies? You have it in hand. That crack betweenthe stars is the thing to examine. Is it a shelf as if the field is split with one side a little higher than the others? Is it more like a regular crack, raised along itself only? My guess is the former as radial field cracks usually don't zigzag like that.

MAD4MORGANS

Here's a "negative" image of it that might show the areas in question in a different light.