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That is sweet.

 

I've never seen anything like it! It is like there is so much extra material on it. @paddyman98 @Rick Stachowski @Fred Weinberg


Thanks,
Jacob

 

possible magnifying glass

 

I think that is actually progressive indirect design transfer. http://www.error-ref.com/progressive-indirect-design-transfer/

 

Indeed, I see the anomaly, but don't know how to quite interpret it.......

 

Eric might be on to something.......

 

@eric6794, hit that one on the money. It's the worst case I have seen.

 

I think if this were the case, there would be a handfull of examples from same die.

 

I just read that over too, I think he hit the nail on the head .

Thanks,
Jacob

 

And there very well may be I personally have never went through them all. It looks to me an advanced case of it and I really like the way it looks. Nice coin @C-B-D

 

I'm thinking the same.

 

What a fantastic find and link. This is why I love CT. Never knew this. And it's a legit error! Super heavy "progressive indirect design transfer" if that's what it is. Wild!

 

You probably don't watch stackattack's videos. He has a very small subscriber base. He found the exact coin listed at the end of the description in the link you provided "English One Penny shown above displays a strong case of Progressive Indirect Design Transfer. The outline of King George V can be seen surrounding Britannia on the reverse of the coin." Instead of 1912 as shown in the picture, his is 1918. He highlights it at the very end of his video. I messaged him. He will be thrilled with the information. Thanks!

 

no I havent watched any of his videos never really cared to watch silver searching vids nor coin roll hunting vids because personally I have always thought they were pointless. Not to say I discourage ppl from watching them I think it is awesome that people do this. It's cool of you to help a fellow out also. That is a nice PIDT Penny he has at the end.

 

Very interesting coin. I am always learning something when I visit CT. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing this interesting coin and those that express their views.

 

I'm always looking for early die state ones .
Here's one I own .

 

Why does this happen with only some dies? Were the dies not treated/hardened properly or was the press not setup correctly? Too much pressure or gap between the dies was wrong? Fun coins.

 

My guess is the reverse die was not properly hardened or the obverse die was changed out during the life of the reverse die. There is definitely a miss-match between the two. nice find!

 

Strange that a VF retained that much character. Would loved to have seen this when it was fresh BU.