2009 Typical Die Clash TDC-25C-2009-01AS
Error
Description
When obverse and reverse dies strike each other without an intervening planchet, each die receives a mirror-image impression of the opposing design — the hallmark of a typical die clash. TDC-25C-2009-01AS documents such an event on the 2009 Philadelphia American Samoa Quarter, part of the DC and U.S. Territories Quarters program. Cataloged by MadDieClashes, this variety preserves transferred design elements in the open fields of the coin, where the incuse clash marks contrast with the surrounding flat surface. The American Samoa Quarter's reverse, designed by Charles Vickers, features a kava bowl, a coconut tree, a fue (fly whisk), and a tapa cloth border — cultural elements specific to Samoan heritage. These distinctive design elements create recognizable clash transfer patterns, with the bowl and tree potentially visible as ghosted impressions on the obverse and Washington's portrait features appearing on the reverse in the open areas between the Samoan cultural symbols.
Attribution History
- Discovered by MadDieClashes
- Expert attribution by MadDieClashes
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