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This 2000D Jefferson nickel shows two unabraded clash events, one weak and the other strong. It also shows a “struck through a foreign object” in the form of an arced anomaly (raised on the coin, indented on the die) that may have occurred at the same time as the strong clash event. The overlays seen above represent the relative positions of the obverse and reverse dies when they did clash; the overlay to the left shows the weaker clash while the over lay to the right shows the strong clashing of the dies.

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This coin is in the private collection of Mike Diamond.

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The image above shows the letters TS from the word CENTS and the LO from MONTICELLO. Also seen is the base line from Monticello from the back of Jefferson’s head to the bottom of the R in LIBERTY.

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The next image shows the same base line from the above image and the roof line from Monticello as well.

The right side of the reverse die seems to have had the brunt of the force from the obverse die. This may have been caused by the object that produced the “struck through” being in the striking chamber at the same time as the clashing of the dies. The object would have tilted the hammer die (obverse die) so that the strong clash marks would have appeared as they did. The image to the left shows Jefferson’s queue, the bow in his hair and the bottom of the zero digits from the date.

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The next image shows the back of Jefferson’s head and the base of the letters ER of LIBERTY clashed just below the base line of Monticello and through the O of MONTICELLO.

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Parts of Jefferson’s hair can be seen clashed  into the word MONTICELLO in the image to the left.

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This clash mark, left by the line of Jefferson’s forehead, is the weak die clash and the only clash mark seem from that event.

The next two images to the left show the die dent created by the “struck through a foreign object”.

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Also seen on the reverse die is a clash mark left by the stronger die clash event that shows the clash mark left by the collar of Jefferson. It is seen merging from the left side of the dome of Monticello.