As with all Abraded Die Varieties (ADVs), Two Feather varieties were created after some damage occurred to a die, typically from a die clash. If the clash occurred in the vicinity of the Indian’s small feather, the small feather may have been removed when a mint employee attempted to remove the evidence of the die clash.
What do clashed dies look like? What parts of the reverse die make an impression on the obverse die? The fields are the highest parts of the dies and consequently are the parts likely to collide hardest. The impressions left behind will be […]