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Squire I am pretty certain that your coin isn't clashed. It's what is known as ghosting. This occurs pretty commonly on George vi coins. It happens because of the metal flowing into the obverse die leaving a soft 'ghosted' image of the portrait. There's a good discussion of ghosting here:
If you believe that to be the case with this penny then your sixpence is in the same category. As the clash on the sixpence doesn't penetrate the reverse design either at any point. Just saying. |
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Trout, look at the roo's back in front of the rear legs, you can clearly see that metal has flowed into the obverse design from there. This shows it's not a die clash, because, as you rightly pointed out, the flow *is* occurring in the reverse design. The same cannot be said of the 6d.
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06/10/2012 06:56 am
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Trout, look at the roo's back in front of the rear legs, you can clearly see that metal has flowed into the obverse design from there. This show's it's not a die clash, because, as you rightly pointed out, the flow *is* occurring in the reverse design. The same cannot be said of the 6d.
Well pointed out Mark, I tend to agree. That penny has such a nice ghost but  |
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Yes, you're right. As far as ghosted pennies go, that's a corker.
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they are some very cool clashes. I like that you can clearly make out the head.
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Last night I checked all my KGVI coins for the clash and found a 1942 Indian penny with a light clash. It is almost identical to the one in the listing but perhaps with more lustre. My clash is a bit clearer. I can get photos which show the clash but cannot for the life of me show the colour of the coin accurately.I think I need new lights. Edited by enworb
06/10/2012 9:52 pm
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Thats a beauty appleangel!
Maybe the die clash is quite common on this year?
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Very impressive guys! Indian minted coins from the WW2 era show lots of minting problems and errors. Clearly their QC wasn't up to scratch.
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Thanks for the informative response markn  . Yes, the smooth silhouette of the King on the reverse of my coin is quite different to the sharp outline of Queen Elizabeth in your very nice and shiny 1963 sixpence. So it seems I have a "ghost coin" in my collection  Interesting also that the English were experimenting with the removal of "ghosting" in the 1920's, but it is still evident in our coins into the 1940's and 50's. Squire |
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Confusing much?   |
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Thats what I rhought too, the clash is around the front of the Kings face & ghosting everywhere else. |
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