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Shaberu New Member United States 25 Posts	Posted 07/13/2018 11:47 pm So I was looking through my wheat pennies and I noticed this 1946 s that appears as if it has a faint image of a head on the tails side I can't quite tell so I'd like others input if you can see it in pictures. Report this Post to the Staff

Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74906 Posts	Posted 07/13/2018 11:59 pm That's called Progressive Indirect Design Transfer (PIDT), caused by a very worn die. It's common on those years. http://www.error-ref.com/progressiv...gn-transfer/ Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Shaberu New Member United States 25 Posts	Posted 07/14/2018 12:24 am Ahh thank you for the fast reply that's interesting how deterioration can cause that I used to have a die clashed penny that I traded for a 3¢ nickel thought I got lucky and found something new Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 07/14/2018 12:50 am Basically it comes from the repeated pounding of the hammer die(obverse) against the planchet/coin which then passes the affects through to the anvil die (reverse) as a reverse bust image like you see. Is indeed a product of over used dies, but is quite common amoung the "wheaties". Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74906 Posts	Posted 07/14/2018 01:02 am You're very welcome and no problem! I'm always glad to help. This is the weirdest form of Die Deterioration. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
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