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<p>[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 3255115, member: 78244"]I saw this coin on Facebook, and the owner was wondering why it looks like this. My thought about the reverse was indirect design transfer and some grease strike-through, but the obverse is very flat, also possibly because of the result of grease. The owner says he pulled it out of a OBW roll. Some other individuals are vehemently saying that this could be done with a vice job, while others think that it could happen at the mint. If it was a vice job, there are lots of things missing (incuse details/lettering from secondary coin, crushed rims, etc.).</p><p><br /></p><p>These are the pictures I have, so sorry that they are not the best.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]855056[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]855057[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]855058[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]855059[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]855060[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]855061[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And doing some research revealed a phenomenon called a “greasy ghost”.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]855062[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]855063[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]855064[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 3255115, member: 78244"]I saw this coin on Facebook, and the owner was wondering why it looks like this. My thought about the reverse was indirect design transfer and some grease strike-through, but the obverse is very flat, also possibly because of the result of grease. The owner says he pulled it out of a OBW roll. Some other individuals are vehemently saying that this could be done with a vice job, while others think that it could happen at the mint. If it was a vice job, there are lots of things missing (incuse details/lettering from secondary coin, crushed rims, etc.). These are the pictures I have, so sorry that they are not the best. [ATTACH=full]855056[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]855057[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]855058[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]855059[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]855060[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]855061[/ATTACH] And doing some research revealed a phenomenon called a “greasy ghost”. [ATTACH=full]855062[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]855063[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]855064[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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