Clashed BERT

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Clashed BERT

When the obverse and reverse dies slam together without a planchet between them the reverse die leaves an imprint on the obverse die and the obverse on the reverse die. Sometimes letters from the obverse LIBERTY will be imprinted below the tail feathers. On the example below the BERT of LIBERTY shows in and below the tail feathers. The B is in the left leaf cluster.