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bellatype New Member United States 28 Posts	Posted 12/18/2015 07:26 am Im seeing the word 'ghost' used lately, when some people are describing unique anamolies or errors on lincoln/wheat cents. Can someone please give me a basic definition, if this is a commonly used term shared by coin'people.' Because the pictures supplied with/when this term is used, are no clearer in helping to spell out-what they are talking about?! Thank you Report this Post to the Staff

peter1234 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1351 Posts	Posted 12/18/2015 08:31 am Google is your friend. I won't go into detail as it explained as above. Report this Post to the Staff
Chronoswiss Pillar of the Community United States 513 Posts	Posted 12/18/2015 08:52 am http://www.error-ref.com/progressiv...gn-transfer/ Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 12/18/2015 11:06 am I would not necessarily call Progressive Indirect Design Transfer(PIDT) an error, it is just a form of severe die wear. Report this Post to the Staff
fioti Pillar of the Community United States 4212 Posts	Posted 12/18/2015 11:25 am I've got some so pronounced, that they could be confused w/clashes. Particularly the lg. UK pennies, where George haunts the rev. Report this Post to the Staff
ChildOfTheWheat Pillar of the Community United States 5828 Posts	Posted 12/18/2015 11:30 am "ghosting" is were the dies are so worn that you can see the outline of lincoln on the reverse. this is also called "Progressive Indirect Design Transfer". Not an error, just VLDS (very late die state). Report this Post to the Staff
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