Pre 1926 Ghosting On 1-P - Coin Community Forum

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chrycopaul Pillar of the Community Canada 1106 Posts	Posted 05/02/2007 12:47 am Some pre 1926 1P coins suffered from ghosting. The explanation was taken from the web. The 1p photo is mine. quote: Production of pence did not take place between 1923 and 1925. During this period work was done to try and remove an effect known as ghosting. This was caused by the deep relief of the King's head. As a result, the flow of metal during striking often resulted in a ghost-like image on the reverse. The alloy used was modified from 95% Cu, 4% Sn and 1% Zn to 95.5% Cu, 3% Sn and 1.5% Zn in 1926, and then the head was redesigned with lower relief first during 1926, and then again in 1928. Report this Post to the Staff

josie Valued Member Ireland 498 Posts	Posted 05/02/2007 4:47 pm http://www.24carat.co.uk/numismatictermsframe.html It is common to george the V coin as for pre 1960 copper penny it is common for coins to be struck twice due to hardness of metal copper. Report this Post to the Staff
GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 05/02/2007 4:53 pm chrycopaul can you adopt me or something cause I'd really love to inherit all your amazing and unique coins and exonumia some day. Report this Post to the Staff
chrycopaul Pillar of the Community Canada 1106 Posts	Posted 05/02/2007 8:14 pm Ahh, I'm just a hack. Edited by chrycopaul 05/02/2007 8:18 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Zonad Pillar of the Community Canada 1479 Posts	Posted 05/02/2007 8:51 pm Great photo and explanation. R.C. Wiley said "Ghosting is the result of improper balancing of obverse and reverse designs with regard to their metal requirements. The height of relief of a large head for example, absorbs most of the limited amount of metal in the coins and the reverse is therefore sometimes slightly blurred, and a "ghost" of a head tends to appear in the field of the reverse." Report this Post to the Staff
yavaris Valued Member United States 169 Posts	Posted 05/02/2007 9:35 pm chrychopaul, do you have examples of all the different obverses of George V? I'm assembling a type set of florins etc and it would be nice to be able to distinguish the difference, especially in dates where multiple obverses were minted. Report this Post to the Staff
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