Clashed dies - 8 Reales

OriginalDan

I've posted a few neat 8 reales in the past including a double struck 1821. I love these things for their crudeness and here's another example I found recently. An 1810-MO HJ with obverse and reverse clashed dies. Forgive the pics, they were shot quickly and crudely (like the coin!).



The reverse crown clashed near Ferdi's forehead.



The reverse shows clashing in a few areas, first you see the imprint of the back of Ferdi's head near the crown:



Next, and more obvious you see the imprint of the lower portion of the armored bust, as well as the date.



I haven't seen another example of a clashed 8 real with such a bold date like this one. I'm sure they are out there, but I found this example to be particularly cool, and as a bonus it's in a decent state of preservation.

OriginalDan

Failed to also mention the great die cracks on the obverse, I'm assuming which occurred around the time of the clash.

I'd love to see other examples of clashed 8 reales, if you have them. Please share.

Hyperion

cooooooool

brg5658

The date clash is absolutely awesome! Very cool piece!

Andres

What a great coin, I love it , pics looks fine by me , congrats Dan

Jinx86

I love crude coins. My favorite are 1830-1860's Bolivian. Uncs are sharply struck but crudely made dies makes for great collecting.

bronzemat

My favorite kind of errors, nice!

TwoKopeiki

Great example of a clash, Dan!

Let me dig through my image archives and see if I took photos of any clashed pieces I used to own.

TwoKopeiki

Found one example from Lima with very visible pillars clash. Please ignore the extremely distracting background. I was still learning coin photography 5 years ago

OriginalDan

2K I love it. It's interesting how many different parts of the coin you see clashed in this series, with essentially the same design. Why you see the date on some but not others, the crown on some but not others, or the pillars is something to ponder.

I tend to prefer clashes that are well defined on the obverse, such as yours.

illini420

Here's one that came from a collection I helped sell... the coin is heavily polished and came from one of those "America's First Silver Dollar" sets but I kept it because it had such cool clashing... was hard to image because it's practically polished to a mirror: