Exactly. Thank you. The ghosting issue on the British penny in the OP has nothing to do with die deterioration. It's all about metal flow.
No, the ghosting carries no special premium, unless you find someone who really, really wants it. It's one of those fun added features on a coin...
Glad you finally made it over here, Terry. Unlike CU, there's a General Discussion forum for when you want to post those special non-numismatic...
@Savoyspecial is a close friend of @Aethelred and yours truly. I twisted his arm to get him over here. He does exonumia and early copper (mostly...
It's about time you got here, @Savoyspecial. Welcome. I wonder if there were any tokens issued in the timber town of Sunburst, NC? That's at...
XF to AU details, polished.
I might be wrong, but it sounds like you're describing something akin to die clashing there. Think of ghosting as being more a case of there...
Yes. This is a classic case of ghosting. It is quite common on British large pennies of George V, and, if I remember correctly, his predecessor...
That Pillar dollar looks really sharp. I already mentioned in another thread how I like the CircCam appearance of the 1789 French ecu. Cool...
As mentioned, these are environmental damage, but the dark tone on the 1989-D is neat looking. Worthless, but cool looking.
In keeping with the "Mercury" theme (and Thanksgiving, to be seasonal): This is the coin which launched my numismatic adventure. :) [IMG] On...
Thanks. You're preaching to the already-converted as far as my being a Wizard customer. Somebody - think it was them - had an aluminum 30-slab...
Neat detail about the grapevine heraldry on those CT coppers. I wasn't aware of that. The only ones I have owned were in such low grade you'd...
Two 1787 British coins from my old "Holey Coin Vest" collection. The latter was gilded at one time, though it's hard to tell that in the photos....
Repost of my detector find from Post #2006. I might have other 1787s. I'll have to check. [ATTACH]
Eh, well. I can't talk. I've thrown plenty of money away at my own brands of rubbish.
We'll, I've signed up for both the Secret Santa and Secret Saturnalia events this year, so the real test of how discerning my eye is will be what...
A lot of the coins are pretty small, so they'd be hard to see properly: [IMG] I do certainly try to optimize for internet viewing since that's...
PS- @Jimski - I love that Massachusetts cent. A "common" variety with nice surfaces and good eye appeal like that is exactly the sort of thing...
Lovely. Some might fuss because I started 1788 this morning and we didn't allow a whole day for it, but I'm ready. With ... one of my detector...
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