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Valued Member
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I've heard the term ghosting but was never sure of what it meant. I've looked it up to no avail. Does anyone have examples? Is It worth anything?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is transfer of design to the dies through repeated strikes of coins.  See Lincoln? Edited by CoinMasters
07/27/2015 9:58 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Aka Internal Metal Displacement, or Progressive Indirect Design Transfer. The ultimate value of any coin is what the owner is willing to sell it for. If his price is too high for someone else, then he has "bought" it himself. The value of this one is $150.00. You can look on ebay to see what average prices are. Edited by CoinMasters
07/27/2015 10:02 pm
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Valued Member
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cool! are these rare? I feel as though I found a few in a box if pennies I've been going through. ill post pictures tomorrow if I can
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Here are a few images: Indirect design transfer:    I view this as having no premium. It is just part of the die aging process. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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It's very commonly seen on the Great Britain George V pennies of 1911 - 1927.
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Pillar of the Community
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It's also SUPER common on branch mint LWC's from the 10's and 20's. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Ghosting is not all that uncommon in the coins of many countries, but can be more obvious in coins that have good lustre.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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So basically for clarification, a clash is direct transfer from the dies hitting eachother with nothing between them and ghosting is indirect transfer over time from striking so many coins the design of the oposite die is indirectly transfered to the other through the planchets
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Cascade, you have it right.
It also happens more on thinner coins than thicker ones.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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PIDT and IMD - I think we should have that one highlighted/underlined into the book of coin acronyms.
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Posted 07/27/2015 9:50 pm
