There's no such thing as "die suction". What you're seeing is a case of progressive, indirect design transfer -- a form of die deterioration. It's quite common on wheatback cents.
Mike Diamond is an error coin writer and researcher. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those held by any organization I am a member of.
When dies strike coins, the various recesses in the dies that make up the designs cause differing pressures to be transmitted through the planchet to the opposite dies. This causes uneven wear patterns that can eventually simulate the design of the opposing die. TD
Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
It’s the term given to the sound made the moment you swallow some coin-seller’s tall tale about their great grandfather’s untouched coin collection. Usually associated with a feeling of lightness in the wallet followed by acute embarrassment when you show off the “original” prize at the next coin club meeting – only to learn the coin has been whizzed.
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