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Apollo Pillar of the Community Canada 1610 Posts	Posted 02/01/2012 6:59 pm Could this be an overstruck coin, you can clearly see a head on the reverse: Report this Post to the Staff

alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 02/01/2012 7:36 pm This is quite common and here is a partial explanation taken from an old thread: "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." The good guys will be along later to expand on this and maybe explain it a little better. Great florin! Report this Post to the Staff
D Pillar of the Community Canada 899 Posts	Posted 02/01/2012 7:52 pm After seeing your coin I'm beginning to like ghosts...Beauty of a coin 10x.... Edited by D 02/01/2012 7:52 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Apollo Pillar of the Community Canada 1610 Posts	Posted 02/01/2012 8:01 pm Can it have a premium... Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 02/01/2012 9:57 pm Just be very careful with ghosting on a coin such as this. They can very easily float right through walls when you are not looking. Spooky! Report this Post to the Staff
andyg Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1324 Posts	Posted 02/02/2012 2:18 pm In 1926 George V had his head redesigned to avoid this problem of being a ghost. It was quite common until that point. In times gone it probably wasn't worth a premium, but stick it on ebay and make a big deal out of it and you never know what will happen. Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 02/02/2012 4:16 pm Quote: In 1926 George V had his head redesigned ... Lucky for George they went ahead with redesigning coins instead. Report this Post to the Staff
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