2008 Typical Die Clash TDC-25C-2008-01HI

Description

First typical die clash cataloged for the 2008 Hawaii State Quarter by MadDieClashes, TDC-25C-2008-01HI documents the initial clashing event identified on the fiftieth and final design in the original State Quarter program. Don Everhart's Hawaii reverse — depicting King Kamehameha I, the island chain silhouette, and the Hawaiian state motto — combines figurative and geographic elements with substantial open field areas that provide clear canvas for detecting clash transfer marks from John Flanagan's Washington obverse die. When obverse and reverse dies strike each other without a planchet, each die acquires incuse impressions of the opposing design, and these impressions transfer as faint raised marks onto subsequently struck coins. The typical die clash designation confirms the transferred design appears in standard mirror-image orientation without rotation or misalignment anomalies. Hawaii's position as the final state in the program means its quarters were produced during the closing months of the ten-year State Quarter era, after which the America the Beautiful quarter series would begin in 2010 following a single-year bridge design in 2009. The catalog format TDC-25C-2008-01HI systematically encodes the variety type (typical die clash), denomination (quarter), year, sequence number, and state abbreviation, allowing precise identification within the broader MadDieClashes database. Production of the 2008 Hawaii quarter consumed multiple die pairs, and this first-cataloged clash event represents the earliest identified instance of dies impacting each other without a planchet during Hawaii quarter production. Collectors should examine the reverse fields around King Kamehameha and between the geographic elements under 10-15x magnification with angled lighting, looking for faint raised traces of Washington's portrait profile, LIBERTY inscription, or IN GOD WE TRUST motto transferred from the obverse die.

Attribution History

• Discovered by MadDieClashes
• Expert attribution by MadDieClashes

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