1970 LMC. Ghost columns?

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  1. expat

    expat Remember you are unique, just like everyone else Supporter

    Hi everyone. The reverse is showing impressions of the columns and figures on the steps, below the steps to the bottom rim and again, a bit fainter, above the roof to the upper rim. Obviously not a clash, but the impression must of been on the die when this was struck. Also the obverse rim on the left half is a lot thicker than the right. Please educate me further
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  3. Kentucky

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    That's weird!
     
  4. expat

    expat Remember you are unique, just like everyone else Supporter

    That's one word for it. I have never seen anything like it before. A clash on the obverse i can understand, but this is beyond me.
     
  5. Paddy54

    Paddy54 Well-Known Member

    Thats my guess a clash die but yeah.....never before anything as such...
    @Fred Weinberg
     
  6. Danomite

    Danomite What do you say uh-huh

    The obverse is a slight misaligned die strike. Are the lines on the reverse raised or incused?
    I have a couple of LMCs the that look a lot like this but the lines are flat with the fields and the devices.
     
  7. expat

    expat Remember you are unique, just like everyone else Supporter

    it's faint but they are raised Annotation 2020-06-09 005453.jpg
     
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  8. alurid

    alurid Well-Known Member

    I think it is due to a wood-grain effect. What appear to be columns, are different widths than the real columns and run the full length of the coin. This could also be due to roller marks that have let the coin tone differently to create lines.
     
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  9. Danomite

    Danomite What do you say uh-huh

    That’s exactly what I thought about the couple I’ve run across.
     
  10. expat

    expat Remember you are unique, just like everyone else Supporter

    Well they are certainly unusual. I'll put it in a flip and keep it, don't think i'll stumble across many more.
     
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  11. alurid

    alurid Well-Known Member

    It is unusual indeed. Just a random chance that the line run parallel to the columns.
     
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