1945 Typical Die Clash TDC-10C-1945-01

Description

Cataloged by MadDieClashes as TDC-10c-1945-01, this 1945 Philadelphia Mercury Dime displays a typical die clash where the obverse and reverse dies struck each other without a planchet between them. In an unusual aspect of this particular clash event, the obverse die appears to have been replaced after the clash occurred, leaving only the reverse die showing evidence of opposing die contact. A portion of Liberty's chin can be seen clashed in the space between the two clusters of leaves on the reverse, while the field and lower hair detail of Liberty produced the clash marks visible in that area. Adolph Weinman's Winged Liberty or "Mercury" Dime design served as the standard ten-cent piece from 1916 through 1945, making this final-year example one of the last opportunities for die clash events to occur on this iconic design before the Roosevelt Dime replaced it in 1946. The selective survival of clash evidence on only the reverse die, with the obverse die changed out, makes TDC-10c-1945-01 an instructive example of how the Mint managed damaged dies during production.

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