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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 830139, member: 16510&quot;]There is no seperate &quot;7&quot; there at all.&nbsp; You got to learn how does are made and how they wear and learn to apply that to the striking of coins.</p><p>In this case the die is worn badly and most likely polished also.&nbsp; The surface of the die is slightly convex to begin with so the center portions fill with planchet material first then spread out with normal strike.</p><p>When this die struck this coin it was flatter than normal but still had some rounding but not enough but the edges were beginning to deform.&nbsp; This die struck the coin and instead of filling the die crisply it pushed or forced much of the the design onto the planchet.&nbsp; The ghost image of the &quot;7&quot; is the result of pushing outward the design intstead of filling the design - in effect it has mashed upon the coins surface as much as it as struck into the surface.&nbsp; The die being worn then had a slight rocking effect instead of the proper strike dead on.&nbsp; The &quot;7&quot; you see is a ghost - it&#039;s the same &quot;7&quot; as the primary - it&#039;s just a mimic of the primary.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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