1994 Atypical Die Clash ADC-10C-1994-04

Description

From the Michael Taylor collection, ADC-10C-1994-04 catalogs an atypical die clash on the 1994 Philadelphia Mint Roosevelt Dime that documents three separate clash events. Strong clash marks appear in front of Roosevelt's face and above TRUST on the obverse, while the reverse shows evidence of all three clash episodes. The close proximity of the multiple clashes may indicate a single collision event with "bouncing," where the dies struck each other and rebounded multiple times in rapid succession rather than experiencing three temporally distinct clash occurrences. Atypical die clashes differ from standard clashes in that transferred elements appear in unexpected positions or exhibit characteristics not matching a simple aligned die contact. The three-event documentation represents an above-average number of recorded clashes on a single die pair. Cataloged by MadDieClashes, the transferred obverse elements on the reverse and reverse elements on the obverse create a reciprocal diagnostic pattern. The 1994 Roosevelt Dime belongs to the modern clad era, and the three-clash sequence documents uncommon die contact intensity on this Philadelphia Mint issue.

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