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Do double clash marks on a coin prove it was struck twice?
Saam
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While recently trying to decide which of my coins I was going to send for grading, I noticed a broadstruck Lincoln had double clash marks. Does this alone confirm the coin was struck twice or just that the die that struck the coin had two sets of clash marks? Both the obverse and reverse both show the double clash marks, but this is the best picture I could get.
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Clash marks have nothing to do with how many times a coin was struck. They show that the dies came together without a planchet in between them.
How about the possibility of counterclashed dies?
This means that the dies hit together more than once, not hit the coin more than once.
Cheers, and God Bless, CRHer700
What is that?
I will quote Mike Diamond on how to describe counterclashed dies:
A counterclash will feature a raised, normally-oriented version of a design feature. The extra elements may be in a very distant location if the die struck a previously struck hard object. In the case of a counterclash caused by a double, staggered clash, there will be close doubling.
-- Mike Diamond
If the die that struck this coin had previously come together and created a clash mark and then shifted and created a second clash mark on the same die, wouldn't a coin struck with that die show two clash marks? Since I don't see any other evidence of this coin being a double strike, is it possible a die with one clash mark struck this coin twice or would the two scenarios look different?
I don't think MikeD ever said that.
Taken directly from this post:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/5750853#Comment_5750853
Mike eloquently describes errors much better than I can
Oops, wrong Mike Diamond.. I thought you meant
"The Mike stands for money and the D is for Diamond.."