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Whats going on with this Farthing ?

FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Huge Die Clash or is it something else ? The edges are not sharp like a lite side clash. They are mushy looking.

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Ken

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  • ROBERTBROBERTB Posts: 1,016
    Screwed up planchet issue?
    Everything I write is my opinion.

    Looking for alot of crap.
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,972 ✭✭✭
    That's ghosting - a common problem on George V pieces. The relief of that first portrait was so high (believe it or not) that there was not enough metal to fill both dies. You get either a weak strike on one side or you see the monarch's image on the reverse.
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  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭


    << <i>That's ghosting - a common problem on George V pieces. The relief of that first portrait was so high (believe it or not) that there was not enough metal to fill both dies. You get either a weak strike on one side or you see the monarch's image on the reverse. >>



    Pretty fast reply for such an old fella!image
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very pronounced ghosting, common on Edward VII and George V issues.

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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,972 ✭✭✭
    Pretty fast reply for such an old fella! image

    I'm the quickest draw there is on the liteside Uno thread. imageimageimageimageimage
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  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    George V had a big head.
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  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,424 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>George V had a big head. >>



    Very big to fill up both sides of the coin.

    Ken
  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One more question. Would this make the head of George weakly struck to a certain point ? Its not real weak but some detail seems flat.

    Thanks.

    Ken
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,972 ✭✭✭
    If Britannia is well struck, the the head could be weak and vice versa.

    Some dates of farthing have very poor obverse strikes, most notably 1920, 1921 and 1922. The same is true of the halfpennies.
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And pennies. I've seen some pretty ghostly pennies. image

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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,972 ✭✭✭
    Sorry about the big picture. Here's an example of an UNC with a bad obverse strike. Sorry that it's a scan. I still have to reimage hundreds of pieces and they're all in lockup.

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  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I still have to reimage hundreds of pieces >>

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    Send them to me.....I've learned it's smart to pay melt for these things though.......how many pounds are we talking? I'll pay bulk rate shipping for the poundage too....my dime, it's on me!image
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,972 ✭✭✭
    Send them to me.....I've learned it's smart to pay melt for these things though.......how many pounds are we talking? I'll pay bulk rate shipping for the poundage too....my dime, it's on me! image

    Mac, your generosity overwhelms me!! Watch your mailbox, there's a trunk headed your way, postage due!!! image
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