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4mile123 Valued Member Canada 249 Posts	Posted 12/13/2014 2:22 pm I'm looking for opinions on this coin. I'm not sure how to describe the issue. On the reverse of the coin it is almost as if the centre of the coin is depressed but the printing is unaffected. On the obverse, there is a ridge almost mirroring the outline of the King's face. The details on the coins are good. Any thoughts or opinions as to what is going on here would be appreciated. Was it part of the minting process of PMD? Report this Post to the Staff

mysterious_dr_x Valued Member Canada 284 Posts	Posted 12/13/2014 3:06 pm It seems to be ghosting. The planchet for the silver 5 cents is thin, and with successive strikes, a vague silhouette from the reverse forms on the obverse and vice versa. Report this Post to the Staff
fioti Pillar of the Community United States 4212 Posts	Posted 12/13/2014 3:16 pm There is no real premium here, it's much like the old U.K. pennies. But ya never know, I'm sure there are ghost fans. Report this Post to the Staff
DEVLEC Pillar of the Community Canada 3234 Posts	Posted 12/13/2014 4:47 pm I think that it's highly collectable and quite unusual. This is so different from my silvers with repeated die clashes. If they call it ghosting,then that's fine with me. It's a high grade 5 cent silver.. and very desirable to me. Great find..!! Report this Post to the Staff
Vancouver IslandCoinKid Forum Kid Canada 1074 Posts	Posted 12/13/2014 7:44 pm very nice coin! looks like a MS-62/3 from the pictures~! Report this Post to the Staff
Halo1st Pillar of the Community United States 2775 Posts	Posted 12/13/2014 10:41 pm Just going by previous posts I've seen in the past, but seems to be a bit of (PIDT) progressive indirect design transfer (aka ghosting) going on. Thanks, Doug. http://www.error-ref.com/progressiv...gn-transfer/ Edited by Halo1st 12/13/2014 10:47 pm Report this Post to the Staff
4mile123 Valued Member Canada 249 Posts	Posted 12/13/2014 11:02 pm I hadn't heard of ghosting but it sure looks like that is the explanation. Thanks for the information and to Halo1st for the great link. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 12/13/2014 11:06 pm Here is another example of ghosting... certainly prevalent on George V 1 penny strikes from Great Britain. It is from the flow of metal, and more metal is required in the obverse dies, than the reverse (remember that the dies are incuse)... you see ghosts all the time on coins struck through caps and blank planchets too (uniface coins). "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
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