2004 (P) Iowa State Quarter - Typical Die Clash TDC-25C-2004-01IA

Description

Cataloged by MadDieClashes as TDC-25C-2004-01IA, this 2004 Iowa State Quarter preserves a typical die clash — the result of obverse and reverse dies striking each other without a planchet between them, transferring design elements as incuse impressions on the opposing die. The Iowa quarter's reverse, designed by John Mercanti, depicts a scene based on Grant Wood's painting "Arbor Day" showing a schoolhouse, teacher, and students planting a tree. Die clashes on State Quarters are collected within the fifty-state series framework, where each state's unique reverse creates distinct clash transfer patterns. When the press cycled empty, raised elements from Mercanti's Iowa scene transferred onto the Washington obverse die and vice versa, producing ghost-like impressions on subsequently struck coins. Struck on copper-nickel clad planchets at 24.26 mm as part of the 50 State Quarters Program (1999-2008), which revitalized public interest in coin collecting. Examine both sides for transferred design elements — ghost impressions from the opposing die face.

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