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Silver Gorilla Valued Member 286 Posts	Posted 12/29/2007 6:54 pm Anyone know anything about this interesting 1922 Penny . I would like to know why Georges Head is popping out on the other side of the revers. I did not know this until I started to flip the coin sideways from left to right, It really shows better in hand then in the photos.... Image: 01.jpg 48.54 KB Image: 02.jpg 40.31 KB Image: 03.jpg 50.22 KB Image: 04.jpg 51.5 KB Image: 05.jpg 18.67 KB Edited by Silver Gorilla 12/29/2007 7:33 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16842 Posts	Posted 12/29/2007 11:55 pm It's called "ghosting", and it happens whenever you get a large, thin coin (like a penny) with a relatively high relief design, struck at high pressure. It's quite commonly on Edward VII and earlyt George V pennies, and occasionally seen on pennies of other reigns and countries (Australian pennies of George VI are also commonly found ghosted). The mint was aware that this phenomenon was happening, and (eventually) took steps to correct it. Compare the size of George V's portrait on this coin, with the portrait on the pennies in your other post (1929-1935). You'll see they shrunk the portrait. This was done in 1927, specifically to minimise the occurrence of ghosting. Ghosting doesn't normally add to or subtract from a coin's value. It's not considered a "mint error", except possibly in extreme cases. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Silver Gorilla Valued Member 286 Posts	Posted 12/30/2007 10:02 am Hay Sap thanks for the Info buddy, So that says it all, there is no Rare 1922 penny, with the reverse of the 1927 type, that they say is Extremely rare. There was this guy that told me there is a very rare variety of reverse for the 1922 penny, I Ge's he was getting a bit to old, and started imagining things. Report this Post to the Staff
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