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Edited by Luvpennys
03/06/2013 2:31 pm
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Yep, you are right...it's hard to see it.
Although I do see something (depression) on the reverse where "five" is. Post Mint Damage more than likely.
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I believe this is a "heavy design transfer" or "progressive indirect design transfer". Here is my LWC version.  |
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Thank you. So what causes that? I'm just starting to get into the nitty gritty of coins. BTW love the Harley!
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Follow this link for an explanation: http://www.error-ref.com/progressiv...ansfer-.htmlThe one pictured on Mr. Diamond's Site is the same date as mine but mine is more pronounced. It was this forum that educated me on this error. Now it's your turn to learn from this forum. I'm not sure this is what is going on with your coin. Edited by mds308
03/06/2013 5:38 pm
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It's Die Deterioration. 1954, and especially 1954-S nickels are known for this pattern of deformation. It's not exactly a case of progressive, indirect design transfer, as the "mushroom" doesn't faithfully match the outline of Jefferson's bust. However, I do believe the bust does guide its formation in some fashion. You can find 1954-S nickels with much stronger "mushrooms". Ken Potter has speculated that the nickel blanks were unusually hard this year, leading to unusually severe and rapid Die Deterioration. Seems like a reasonable explanation. It could also be that the dies were unusually soft, due to faulty preparation. Error coin writer and researcher.
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Hey Mr. Diamond,
Thanks for your clarification. This is why I edited my post to add that I wasn't so sure about his nickel being a progressive design tranfer. I had noticed the ghost image did not line up but wasn't 100 percent sure. Thank you again for your post.
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Thank you for the explanation. So I take its not going to be my retirement coin?
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Not unless you can live on 5 cents for retirement?  Edited by coop
03/08/2013 4:03 pm
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