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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TJ1952, post: 2549889, member: 76413&quot;]Besides that, I&#039;ve got him beat! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Progressive Indirect Design Transfer:</b> A form of <a href="http://www.lincolncentforum.com/terminology-list-d/#Die%20Deterioration" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lincolncentforum.com/terminology-list-d/#Die%20Deterioration" rel="nofollow">die deterioration</a> that manifests itself in the form of a “ghostly” image of a design element on the opposite side of a coin. The force of a die strike travels through the planchet and into the opposite die. After hundreds of thousands of strikes, the outline of the designs begin to transfer to the opposing die and show on the coins that are struck. In the case of Lincoln cents, it is common to see a ghostly outline of Lincoln’s bust on the reverse of wheat cents that are struck in later die states. It is especially visible on <a href="http://www.lincolncentforum.com/terminology-list-u/#Uncirculated" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lincolncentforum.com/terminology-list-u/#Uncirculated" rel="nofollow">uncirculated</a> coinage. This should not be confused with a <a href="http://www.lincolncentforum.com/terminology-list-d/#Die%20Clash" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lincolncentforum.com/terminology-list-d/#Die%20Clash" rel="nofollow">die clash</a> or a “<a href="http://www.lincolncentforum.com/terminology-list-g/#Greasy%20Ghost" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lincolncentforum.com/terminology-list-g/#Greasy%20Ghost" rel="nofollow">greasy ghost</a>.”&nbsp;&nbsp; photo courtesy of forum member TJ1952.</p><p><a href="http://www.lincolncentforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/S20160130_009.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lincolncentforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/S20160130_009.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.lincolncentforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/S20160130_009-150x150.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Courtesy of Lincoln Cent Forum.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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