1881 3 cent nickel major die clashes

hiijacker

Can someone help me out with identifying what is going on here?

I see something called RPD 006 which looks like this but that is on proof dies. This is a MS coin.

CaptHenway

Fairly common, unfortunately.

sumnom

And yet it is amazing. That is the most intense clashing I have seen. It is true that clashing is common in this series but not quite so severe, in my admittedly limited experience.

I may be wrong about this but I do not know that it is as common in the 1881 pieces as it is in earlier issues.

Whatever the case, I love it.

yosclimber

I agree - the clashes are pretty cool.

There are some examples where the dies rotated between clashes; those can be even more dramatic.

In my view the most interesting clashes in this series are when LIBERTY is visible on the reverse.

hiijacker

But if this rpd 006 was with proof dies why do I have one in MS?

ricko

Very significant die clashing....might be fairly common, but a nice example and worth keeping for display. Cheers, RickO

seanq

Here's a lousy picture of another heavily clashed die, this one resides in my clipped type set;



To your question:

<< <i>But if this rpd 006 was with proof dies why do I have one in MS? >>

I can think of two possible answers. One, your coin has similar repunching to RPD-006 but is actually from a different die, or two, after the dies clashed they were retired from use on proofs, but still considered good enough to use for business strikes.


Sean Reynolds

291fifth

Clashed dies on nickel three cent pieces are common. I personally consider them to be a negative.