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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numismat, post: 2906496, member: 15019&quot;]I believe that the error-ref article is describing a different process than [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] is, and what we see on the US cent is not the same thing as on the British penny and Chinese dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>The error ref article describes an outline that transfers onto the die, this is seen as a &quot;fuzzy&quot; outline without sharp, clear borders.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ghosting we see on these British pennies, and other coins with a much larger/higher profile design on one side than the other, is different. It is the result of unbalanced metal flow rather than anything being imparted by a deteriorated die. It looks different with clear and sharp borders.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is exactly why the British experimented with and modified the design in 1926, 27, 28 in order to make the portrait smaller and shallower in profile, which eliminated the ghosting problem.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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